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-'''Zambia since 1964'''
+'''Zambia since 1964''', despite its considerable mineral wealth, Zambia faced major challenges. Domestically, there were few trained and educated Zambians capable of running the government,<ref>There were only eight indigenous Graduates in the country at Independence</ref> and the economy was largely dependent on foreign expertise. Most of Zambia's neighbouring countries were still [[colony|colonies]] or under white [[minority rule]].
+The [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) won the [[Northern Rhodesian general election, 1964|pre-independence elections]], gaining 55 of the 75 seats. The [[Zambian African National Congress]] won 10 seats, and the [[National Progressive Party (Zambia)|National Progressive Party]] won all the 10 seats reserved for whites.<ref name="elections">{{cite web| url = http://africanelections.tripod.com/zm.html| title = Elections in Zambia| publisher = African Elections Database| accessdate = 2006-10-11}}</ref> [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was elected [[Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia|Prime Minister]], and later the same year president, as the country adopted a presidential system. Kaunda adopted an ideology of African socialism, close to that of Julius Nyerere in Tanzania. Economical policies focused on central planning and nationalisation, and a system of [[one party rule]] was put in place.
 ==Kaunda: 1964 - 1991==
 {{Main|Kenneth Kaunda}}