Political status and decolonisation

Timeline: Barotseland

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  1. · Agreement

    Barotseland Agreement, 1964

    A treaty guaranteed Barotseland autonomy within the newly independent Zambia.

    Significance here: The founding legal instrument underlying all subsequent Barotseland self-determination claims.

  2. · Declaration

    Barotse National Council "separation" resolution, 2012

    The BNC declared Barotseland should consider itself separated from Zambia, citing the agreement's abrogation.

    Significance here: The most significant formal political escalation of the Barotseland self-determination question in recent decades.

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