White people in Zambia
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Total population | |
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40,000 (0.3%) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
White South Africans |
White people in Zambia or White Zambians are people from
Background
The first Europeans to discover Zambia were the Portuguese in the late 1700s.[2]
In the 1960s, White Zambians tended to favour white-minority rule in Rhodesia and the apartheid system in South Africa, although small numbers prevented them from establishing a similar form of government in Zambia. At the Copperbelt mines, 6,500 expatriate workers held South African citizenship. White Zambians made up the second-largest group of immigrants moving to South Africa by 1967, fearful of the changing political climate in Zambia.[3]
Between 1964 and 1972, white Zambians were disproportionately represented in the officer corps of the
In 1966, Over half the whites lived on the Copperbelt, 18% lived in Lusaka, and some 95% lived in all near the line of rail from the Copperbelt to the Victoria Falls.[6]
Modern day
In 2014, Zambia had a White population of European origin which numbered approximately 40,000.[7] Since independence, the community has never exceeded 1.1% of Zambia's population. Many long-term residents had voluntarily retained South African or British nationality. However, only about 40,000 hold Zambian citizenship. Guy Scott, a White Zambian citizen and former Vice President, became Acting President of Zambia after the unexpected death of President Michael Sata.[8] This made him the first head of state of European White descent in Africa since F. W. de Klerk in 1989, and the first-ever under a democratically elected government.[citation needed]
Population chart
Government | Year | Whites | Change | Natives | Percentage of Whites |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
British South
Africa Company (1891–1924) |
1911 | 1,497 | - | n/a | n/a |
1923 | 3,750 | +2,253 | 1,753,000[9] | 0.2% | |
1924 | 4,000 | +250 | n/a | n/a | |
British
Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (1924–1953) |
1925 | 4,624 | +624 | n/a | n/a |
1931 | 13,846 | +9,222 | n/a | n/a | |
1932 | 10,553 | -3,293 | n/a | n/a | |
1933 | 11,278 | +725 | n/s | n/a | |
1935 | 10,000 | -1,278 | n/a | n/a | |
1940 | 15,188 | +5,188 | 2,099,000[9] | 0.7% | |
1943 | 18,745 | +3,537 | n/a | n/a | |
1945 | 21,371 | +2,626 | n/a | n/a | |
1946 | 21,919 | +548 | n/a | n/a | |
1951 | 37,221 | +15,302 | n/a | n/a | |
Federation of
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963) |
1954 | 60,000 | +22,779 | n/a | n/a |
1956 | 64,800 | +4,800 | n/a | n/a | |
1960 | 76,000 | +11,200 | 3,082,627 | 2% | |
1961 | 75,000 | -1,000 | 3,269,151 | 2% | |
1963 | 74,000 | -1,000 | 3,368,961 | 2% | |
Republic of
Zambia (1964–present) |
1964 | 70,000[10] | -4,000 | 3,472,843 | 0.2% |
1966 | 25,000 | -35,000 | 3,692,409 | 0.2% | |
1977 | 10,000[7] | -15,000 | 5,288,891 | 0.01% | |
2014 | 40,000[7] | +35,000 | 14,950,544 | 0.2% | |
See also
- White Angolans
- White Zimbabweans
- History of the Jews in Zambia
- White Africans of European ancestry
- Demographics of Zambia
References
- ^ "The African Christian Diaspora: New Currents and Emerging Trends in World Christianity".
- ISBN 9781796019025.
- ^ Kaplan, Irving. South Africa: A Country Study. p. 846.
- ^ a b Fischer & Morris-Jones 2012, pp. 206–207.
- ^ a b Southern Africa Political & Economic Monthly. Southern African Political Economy Series (SAPES) Publications Project. 1994.
- ^ "Politics in Zambia". p. 355.
- ^ a b c Ahmed, Beenish (29 October 2014). "An African Country That's 0.3 Percent White Now Has A White President". thinkprogress.org. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Zambia's Guy Scott makes history as white president in sub-Saharan Africa CNN. 29 October 2014
- ^ a b Morier-Genoud 2012, p. 196.
- ^ "1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia". BBC. 25 October 1964. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
- Fischer, Georges; Morris-Jones, W. H. (2012). Decolonisation and After: The British French Experience. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-27788-7.
- Morier-Genoud, Eric (2012). Sure Road? Nationalisms in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-22261-8.
Further reading
- Molteno, Robert; et al. (1974). Tordoff, William (ed.). Politics in Zambia. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02593-6.
- Levinson, David (1998). Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook. Oryx Press. ISBN 978-1-57356-019-1.