Concept

Front line states

Properties

SES ID
  • 91373
Notation
  • 91373
In scheme
Broader
Scope note
  • Add names of individual countries as appropriate.
Definition
  • An informal grouping of nations of southern Africa bordering or near to the Republic of South Africa in the late 1970s, defined by their position with respect to the apartheid sytsem. Eventually consisted of Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.