Atlas
Each point is a locator for a published case’s geographical context — not a border, capital or claim. Everything on the map is also in the list below, which works without the map.
Legend
- Independence movements
- Political status and decolonisation
- Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
- Historical independence
- Unification and territorial transfer
- Group of nearby locators — select to zoom
Shapes and colours never indicate legitimacy; collections are also named in the list.
Map data and boundary policy
Basemap: Natural Earth 4.1.0 land polygons (world-atlas@2.0.2), Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Land polygons only. No political boundaries are drawn by the basemap. Case boundaries appear only from approved, sourced geometry records, each labelled with its layer type, dates and provenance. Map policy.
Loading the interactive map… The full list of cases is below and does not need the map.
Cases on the map
7 cases matching Southern Africa. The map shows the same set.
| Case | Collection | Region | Locator | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaner / Volkstaat proposals | Autonomy and Indigenous self-government | Southern Africa | Orania, Northern Cape, South Africa | |
| Barotseland | Political status and decolonisation | Southern Africa | Barotseland (Western Province, Zambia) | |
| Caprivi / Zambezi independence advocacy | Independence movements | Southern Africa | Zambezi Region (Caprivi Strip), Namibia | |
| Mozambique | Historical independence | Southern Africa | Mozambique | |
| Mthwakazi / Matabeleland independence advocacy | Independence movements | Southern Africa | Matabeleland, Zimbabwe | |
| Namibia | Historical independence | Southern Africa | Namibia | |
| Zimbabwe | Historical independence | Southern Africa | Zimbabwe |