Zimbabwe: Before and After Independence Before 1980, Zimbabwe was a British colony known as Rhodesia, which also

encompassed parts of what is today Zambia. Magnum and Slate present a look at Zimbabwe, before and after independence.

ZIMBABWE The queen mother during her royal visit to Rhodesia, 1959. Ian Berry / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE The queen mother during her royal visit to Rhodesia, 1959. Ian Berry / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE A white girl at the riding club in the capital, Harare, which was called Salisbury at the time, with two black horse grooms, 1967. Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE The capital, 1965. Raymond Depardon / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE Four Catholic nuns playing volleyball, 1967. Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE A child in a township near the capital, 1960. Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos

HARARE, Zimbabwe A husband and wife after church on a Sunday in the capital, then called Salisbury, 1967. Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE Golfing, 1965. Before Rhodesia became independent Zimbabwe, the whites who ran the country led a privileged, segregated existence. Philip Jones Griffiths / Magnum Photos

HARARE, Zimbabwe In the capital, 1965. Raymond Depardon / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE A whites-only club, 1986. Chris Steele-Perkins / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE White farmers, 1986. Chris Steele-Perkins / Magnum Photos

ZIMBABWE A racetrack, 1986. Tracks once segregated became open to both blacks and whites. Chris Steele-Perkins / Magnum Photos

HARARE, Zimbabwe At a 1995 demonstration, one banner calls Rhodesia's founder, Cecil John Rhodes, "a bandit," and another, in Shona, reads, "White racists, please go home." Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

HARARE, Zimbabwe Borrowdale Racecourse, 1995. Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

HARARE, Zimbabwe Royal Harare Golf Club, 1995. Martin Parr / Magnum Photos