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During the 1960s, many independence movements emerged in countries near Rhodesia, which had significant effects on political affairs and social conditions within Rhodesia.[1]

  1. ^ McIntyre, W. David (2001). Rhodesia's UDI and the Crisis of the 1960s. In: A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth. London: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781403900951_6. ISBN 978-1-4039-0095-1. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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