A “hub of decolonisation”: Lusaka, liberation movements and the struggle for black majority rule in Southern Africa, 1960‑1980
The intensification of liberation wars in Southern Africa in the early 1970s led to the spontaneous influx of African nationalists into Zambia, the majority of whom settled in the country’s capital, Lusaka and adjacent areas. Lusaka became an important public space for the activists. Apart from embr...
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Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
2025
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| Zusammenfassung: | The intensification of liberation wars in Southern Africa in the early 1970s led to the spontaneous influx of African nationalists into Zambia, the majority of whom settled in the country’s capital, Lusaka and adjacent areas. Lusaka became an important public space for the activists. Apart from embracing it as their second home, the nationalists used the city’s safe spaces to organise armed resistance. The city served not only as a crucial site for the recruitment of fighters and a transit centre for activists who sought military training abroad, but also as an important diplomatic venue for the anti‑colonial movement in the sub region. Based on Zambian archival sources, the article examines the significance of Lusaka as a centre of anti‑colonial resistance for Southern Africa. It builds on existing scholarship on major “hubs of decolonisation” in Africa. |
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