abstract:The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation (CAF), was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963, comprising the former self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It was a federal realm of the British Crown – neither a colony nor a dominion, although the British Sovereign was represented by a governor general, as usual for dominions.
In 1952 Mr Nkomo came to London to discuss the formation of a Central African federationof Northern and Southern RhodesiaandNyasaland, all then tied to Britain, and now, respectively, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.