The colonization of the region that will…
1888 CE to 1899 CE
Joseph Thompson is dispatched by Cecil Rhodes of the British South Africa Company to negotiate agreements with African chiefs.
Alfred Sharpe is similarly dispatched by the British Consul for Nyasaland for the same purpose.
After failing to secure any agreements, Sharpe and Thompson use force to subdue the local people.
In 1895 the British South Africa Company is granted land and mineral rights over ten thousand square miles by Mozambique Gold, Land and Concession Company, a company it had bought in 1893.
In order to better exploit the anticipated mineral wealth, the British South Africa Company incorporates a subsidiary, North Charterland Exploration Company in 1895.
A group of the Angoni or Nguni (originally from Zululand) rebel under Tsinco, son of King Mpezeni in December 1897, but the rebellion is put down, and Mpezeni accepts the Pax Britannica.
Effective administration of the region is achieved by the end of 1899
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