Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic negotiation ⓘ
series of constitutional conferences ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British African colonies ⓘ
linked to: British Africa

British Empire ⓘ
contributedTo end of formal British colonial rule in much of Africa ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
followed Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

rise of African nationalist movements ⓘ
hasPart Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Basutoland ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Bechuanaland ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Ghana ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Kenya ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Nigeria ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Nyasaland ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Rhodesia ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Swaziland ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Tanganyika ⓘ
Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Uganda ⓘ
influenced post-independence constitutional frameworks in former British African colonies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInTime mid-20th century ⓘ
location Lancaster House, London ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster House
namedAfter Lancaster House ⓘ
negotiatingParty African nationalist leaders ⓘ
British government representatives ⓘ
representatives of European settler communities ⓘ
representatives of colonial administrations ⓘ
organisedBy Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 → 1960 Lancaster House constitutional talks on Nigerian independence ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Ghana ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Nigeria ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Kenya ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Rhodesia ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Uganda ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Sierra Leone ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Tanganyika ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Nyasaland ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Bechuanaland ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Basutoland ⓘ
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Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies → hasPart → Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of Swaziland ⓘ
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Kamau wa Ngengi → significantEvent → Lancaster House Conferences on Kenyan constitutional future ⓘ
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Ugandan independence movement → relatedEvent → Lancaster House constitutional conferences ⓘ
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KANU → participatedIn → Lancaster House constitutional conferences on Kenya ⓘ
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British Empire in Kenya region → signedAgreement → Lancaster House constitutional conferences on Kenya ⓘ
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Kenyan independence movement → significantEvent → Lancaster House Conferences on Kenya ⓘ
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Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya → participatedIn → Lancaster House constitutional conferences on Kenya ⓘ
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