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A major strike broke out among African mineworkers in the Copperbelt Province of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) on 29 May 1935 in protest against taxes levied by the British colonial administration. The strike involved three of the province's four major copper mines: those in Mufulira, Nkana and Roan Antelope. Near the latter, six protesters were killed by police and the strike ended. Although it failed, the strike was the first organized industrial agitation in Northern Rhodesia and is viewed by some as the first overt action against colonial rule. It caught the attention of a number of African townsmen, leading to the creation of trade unions and African nationalist politics, and is seen as the birth of African nationalism.

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  • A major strike broke out among African mineworkers in the Copperbelt Province of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) on 29 May 1935 in protest against taxes levied by the British colonial administration. The strike involved three of the province's four major copper mines: those in Mufulira, Nkana and Roan Antelope. Near the latter, six protesters were killed by police and the strike ended. Although it failed, the strike was the first organized industrial agitation in Northern Rhodesia and is viewed by some as the first overt action against colonial rule. It caught the attention of a number of African townsmen, leading to the creation of trade unions and African nationalist politics, and is seen as the birth of African nationalism. The strike and others in Africa during the period dramatically changed the British government's urban and migration policies. The unrest gave missionaries a chance to respond to the "Watchtower movement", joining the mining companies to provide a Christian education and create a disciplined workforce. The colonial administration, foreseeing a future drop in copper prices, also created social-service schemes for rural relatives of the urban workers. (en)
  • Der Copperbelt-Streik im Industrierevier Copperbelt („Kupfergürtel“) des heutigen Staates Sambia fand im Mai 1935 in den Kupferbergwerken und -hütten der Städte Mufulira, Kitwe und Luanshya statt. (de)
  • 1935eko Copperbelteko greba meatzari afrikarren greba izan zen, Ipar Rhodesiako (Zambia gaur egun) Copperbelt probintzian 1935eko maiatzaren 29an, Britainiako koloniaren administrazioak ezarri zituen zergen aurkakoa. Grebak probintziako lau kobre meatze nagusitik hiru barneratu zituen: , eta . Azken meatze horretan poliziak sei manifestari erail zituen eta greba bukatutzat eman zen. Nahiz eta porrot egin, Ipar Rhodesian antolatu zen lehenengo mobilizazio industriala izan zen, eta batzuk koloniaren aurkako lehenengo erasotzat kontsideratzen dute. Afrikako biztanle askoren jakin-mina piztu zuen, sindikatuen sorrerak eta nazionalismo afrikarra ekarri zuena (nazionalismo afrikarraren aurrekari bezala kontsideratzen da). Egin zen greba eta Afrikan burutu ziren beste mobilizazio askok, gobernu Britainiarraren hiri eta migrazio politikak erabat aldatzea ekarri zuen. Istiluek aukera eman zien misiolariei “Atalaya mugimendurekin” erantzuteko, meatze konpainietara elkartuz hezkuntza kristaua emateko eta lan-indar diziplinatu bat sortzeko. Koloniaren administrazioak, kobrearen prezioaren jaisketa bat aurreikusiz, gizarte-zerbitzuen eskemak sortu zituzten langileen familiarentzako. (eu)
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  • Map of Northern Rhodesia, illustrating three mines close to each other (en)
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  • Map showing the location of Mufulira, Nkana and Roan Antelope in the Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia, near the frontier of the Belgian Congo (en)
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  • Six dead, 20 injured (en)
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  • Tax increase (en)
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  • Mufulira, Nkana and Roan Antelope (en)
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  • Der Copperbelt-Streik im Industrierevier Copperbelt („Kupfergürtel“) des heutigen Staates Sambia fand im Mai 1935 in den Kupferbergwerken und -hütten der Städte Mufulira, Kitwe und Luanshya statt. (de)
  • A major strike broke out among African mineworkers in the Copperbelt Province of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) on 29 May 1935 in protest against taxes levied by the British colonial administration. The strike involved three of the province's four major copper mines: those in Mufulira, Nkana and Roan Antelope. Near the latter, six protesters were killed by police and the strike ended. Although it failed, the strike was the first organized industrial agitation in Northern Rhodesia and is viewed by some as the first overt action against colonial rule. It caught the attention of a number of African townsmen, leading to the creation of trade unions and African nationalist politics, and is seen as the birth of African nationalism. (en)
  • 1935eko Copperbelteko greba meatzari afrikarren greba izan zen, Ipar Rhodesiako (Zambia gaur egun) Copperbelt probintzian 1935eko maiatzaren 29an, Britainiako koloniaren administrazioak ezarri zituen zergen aurkakoa. Grebak probintziako lau kobre meatze nagusitik hiru barneratu zituen: , eta . Azken meatze horretan poliziak sei manifestari erail zituen eta greba bukatutzat eman zen. Nahiz eta porrot egin, Ipar Rhodesian antolatu zen lehenengo mobilizazio industriala izan zen, eta batzuk koloniaren aurkako lehenengo erasotzat kontsideratzen dute. Afrikako biztanle askoren jakin-mina piztu zuen, sindikatuen sorrerak eta nazionalismo afrikarra ekarri zuena (nazionalismo afrikarraren aurrekari bezala kontsideratzen da). (eu)
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  • Copperbelt-Streik (de)
  • 1935 Copperbelt strike (en)
  • 1935eko Copperbelteko greba (eu)
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