Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies

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diplomatic negotiation series of constitutional conferences

The Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies were a series of mid-20th-century constitutional negotiations in London that shaped the transition of several British African territories to sovereign nationhood.

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Surface form	Occurrences
1960 Lancaster House constitutional talks on Nigerian independence	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic negotiation ⓘ series of constitutional conferences ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British African colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	end of formal British colonial rule in much of Africa ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
followed	Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ rise of African nationalist movements ⓘ
hasPart	Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Basutoland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Bechuanaland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Nyasaland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Swaziland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	post-independence constitutional frameworks in former British African colonies ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedInTime	mid-20th century ⓘ
location	Lancaster House, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Lancaster House NERFINISHED ⓘ
negotiatingParty	African nationalist leaders ⓘ British government representatives ⓘ representatives of European settler communities ⓘ representatives of colonial administrations ⓘ
organisedBy	Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	decolonisation of Africa ⓘ
purpose	negotiate constitutional arrangements for independence of British African colonies ⓘ shape transition from colonial rule to sovereign nationhood ⓘ
significantEvent	negotiation of independence of Kenya ⓘ negotiation of independence of Nigeria ⓘ negotiation of independence of Rhodesia ⓘ negotiation of independence of Sierra Leone ⓘ negotiation of independence of Tanganyika ⓘ negotiation of independence of Uganda ⓘ
significantPlace	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	constitutional reform ⓘ division of powers between colonial and local authorities ⓘ electoral systems ⓘ future of traditional authorities ⓘ independence constitutions ⓘ membership of the Commonwealth ⓘ minority rights ⓘ protection of European settler interests ⓘ self-government ⓘ

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Lancaster House → notableEventHosted → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies ⓘ

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa → participantIn → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960 Lancaster House constitutional talks on Nigerian independence