Zimbabwe independence
1980 · Event
Southern Rhodesia becomes the Republic of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, ending white-minority rule after a long bush war.
On these timelines: Sub-Saharan Africa, Master
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- Songhai Empire (1464)
- Zulu Kingdom under Shaka (1816)
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- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
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- Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) (1983)