Rhodesia
Rhodesia (/roʊˈdiːʒə/), named after Cecil Rhodes, PC, and commonly known from 1970 onwards as the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territorial terms to modern Zimbabwe. With its capital in Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia was considered a de facto successor state to the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia (which had achieved responsible government in 1923).
During an effort to delay an immediate transition to black majority rule, Rhodesia's predominantly white government issued its own Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965. The UDI administration initially sought recognition as an autonomous realm within the Commonwealth of Nations, but reconstituted itself as a republic in 1970.
Following a brutal guerrilla war fought with two communist-backed African nationalist organisations (Robert Mugabe's ZANU and Joshua Nkomo's ZAPU), Rhodesian premier Ian Smith conceded to bi-racial democracy in 1978. However, a provisional government subsequently headed by Smith and his moderate colleague Abel Muzorewa failed in appeasing international critics or halting the bloodshed.
Rhodesia (disambiguation)
Rhodesia may refer to:
Rhodesia (moth)
Rhodesia is a moth in the family Geometridae.
Species
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Rhodesia
by: Kat-tunShinratsu na yo no naka wa shinjitsu wo kiratte
Shinjicha ikenai to sosonokashiwarau
Don't cry kimi yo
Tada kuruoshiku hibi wo yuku ga ii
Hakarishirenai ai ga afure soshite boku no yubi wa
Ima fureta nara kono sora sae mo kono yami sae mo
Saku yo I want your love I want your hate
Michibiite kono kanashimi wo kono setsunasa wo
Keshite I want your love I want your hate
Eien wa hakana I dakedo rhodesia
Yume wa tsudzuku
Yume wa tsudzuku
Rekishi wa kotoba wo subete tsukaihatashi
Nani ni odotteru nani ni mayotteru
So long kimi wa
Ima hikari to kage de egakareta
E no you na sekai ga me no mae ni boku wo madowasu no ka
Kono tsumi sae mo kono batsu sae mo tada ukeireru
Soshite I want your love I want your hate
Dakishimete kono itoshisa mo kono ego sae mo
Subete I want your love I want your hate
Mou hikikaesenai dakara rhodesia
Yume no hate ni
Yume no hate ni dareka ga tachitsukushiteru
Akai kage no naka yume wa mada tsudzuku
Ima fureta nara kono sora sae mo kono yami sae mo
Saku yo I want your love I want your hate
Michibiite kono kanashimi wo kono setsunasa wo
Keshite I want your love I want your hate
Eien wa hakana I dakedo rhodesia
Yume wa tsudzuku