Barotseland Agreement 1964

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constitutional agreement treaty

The Barotseland Agreement 1964 was a treaty between the British government, the government of Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), and the Barotse Royal Establishment that defined Barotseland’s autonomous status within the newly independent state of Zambia.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Barotseland NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
controversy	basis for Barotseland autonomy and self-determination claims ⓘ dispute over its abrogation by Zambia ⓘ
country	Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia ⓘ
dateSigned	1964 ⓘ
definesRelationshipBetween	Barotse Royal Establishment and central government of Zambia ⓘ Litunga and President of Zambia ⓘ
formerColonialPower	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	relations between Barotseland and the central government of Zambia ⓘ
grants	autonomous status to Barotseland within Zambia ⓘ powers of internal self-government to Barotseland ⓘ recognition of Barotse customary law ⓘ recognition of the Litunga’s authority ⓘ
hasConsequence	ongoing political dispute between Barotseland activists and Zambian state ⓘ
historicalContext	decolonization of British Central Africa ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late colonial period in Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
includesProvisionOn	judicial authority in Barotseland ⓘ land administration in Barotseland ⓘ local government in Barotseland ⓘ natural resources in Barotseland ⓘ taxation arrangements in Barotseland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatusInZambia	unilaterally abrogated by Zambian government ⓘ
predecessor	protectorate arrangements between Barotseland and the British Crown ⓘ
purpose	to define the autonomous status of Barotseland within Zambia ⓘ to provide constitutional guarantees for Barotseland’s internal self-government ⓘ to regulate relations between Barotseland authorities and the central government of Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
recognizedBy	British government at time of signing ⓘ Northern Rhodesian government at time of signing ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedDocument	Constitution of Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedParty	Barotse National Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedToEvent	independence of Zambia ⓘ
signatory	Barotse Royal Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Litunga of Barotseland NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBefore	Zambia independence ⓘ
subjectMatter	autonomy ⓘ constitutional status of Barotseland ⓘ federal relations ⓘ traditional authority ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rozi → historicalAgreement → Barotseland Agreement 1964 ⓘ

Barotseland region → treatyName → Barotseland Agreement 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Barotseland