Timeline of Zambia: Difference between revisions

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*'''1959 October''': [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) is formed as a successor to the [[Zambian African National Congress]] (ZANC), which had been banned earlier in the year.
*'''1959 October''': [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) is formed as a successor to the [[Zambian African National Congress]] (ZANC), which had been banned earlier in the year.
*'''1957''' - [[Alice Lenshina]] founded and led the [[Lumpa Church]] in [[Chinsali]], a religious sect that embraced a mixture of Christian and native beliefs and rituals.
*'''1957''' - [[Alice Lenshina]] founded and led the [[Lumpa Church]] in [[Chinsali]], a religious sect that embraced a mixture of Christian and native beliefs and rituals.
*'''1955-59''' -  Construction of the [[Kariba Dam]].
*'''1953''' - Creation of the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]], comprising [[Northern Rhodesia]], Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (now Malawi).
*'''1953''' - Creation of the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]], comprising [[Northern Rhodesia]], Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (now Malawi).
*'''1951''' - [[Lusaka Playhouse]] built.
*'''1951''' - [[Lusaka Playhouse]] built.