EXTRA-TERRITORIAL AFRICAN POLICE AND SOLDIERS IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA (ZIMBABWE) 1897–1965

dc.creator	Tim Stapleton
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:09Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:09Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/38-1-81
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/de3499f4e5294a84a165c9e54e04290e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8012
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/de3499f4e5294a84a165c9e54e04290e
dc.description	During the early and mid-twentieth century, the security forces of colonial<br />Southern Rhodesia were dominated by African men from neighbouring territories<br />such as Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa who had entered<br />the regional migrant labour system. This included many with previous military<br />experience. As the British South Africa Police (BSAP) evolved from a paramilitary<br />occupation force into a professional law enforcement organisation, extra-territorial<br />recruits were phased out in favour of local men fluent in local languages with<br />western-style education. Despite this, African police from other territories<br />continued to have a disproportionate impact on the force as many became longserving<br />and accomplished members, who dominated the paramilitary African Police<br />Platoon and served as drill instructors for all recruits. During the First World War,<br />most African soldiers in the Rhodesia Native Regiment (RNR) were migrant<br />workers recruited directly from Southern Rhodesia’s mines. During the Second<br />World War, just under half of the Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) originated from<br />other territories. The recruiting of extra-territorial African soldiers declined further<br />in the 1950s and early 1960s as military conditions of service in their respective<br />homes improved, the Masvingo-Gutu area became a dependable source of local<br />recruits and eventually newly independent black-ruled states came into conflict with<br />white-ruled Rhodesia.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/81
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 38, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	EXTRA-TERRITORIAL AFRICAN POLICE AND SOLDIERS IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA (ZIMBABWE) 1897–1965
dc.type	Article