The country’s independence came ten months after the collapse of the federation of rhodesia and nyasaland, with northern rhodesia becoming the republic of zambia. Kamuzu banda became the first president and in 1971 became president. Their nguni ancestors probably moved there before the sixteenth century as part of the bantu.
Before its independence in 1966, botswana was a british protectorate known as bechuanaland. In 1844, fanti chiefs on the gold coast (as ghana was then known) signed an agreement with the. Namibia or south west africa, as it was called while it was a german territory was placed under the south african administration by the league of nations after the first world.
In 1821, the british government took control of the british trading forts. Namibia, a former german colony, is situated towards the north west of south africa. On 24 october, 1964 northern rhodesia (now known as zambia) gained independence from britain with kenneth kaunda as the country’s first president, and. In the 6 july 1964 the country gained independence and it was renamed the republic of malawi.
The orange river marks the border between the two countries. After world war ii, the process of decolonization of the african continent gathered momentum as africans increasingly agitated for more political rights and independence.