Of all the towns in Northern Rhodesia, colonial Livingstone took on a character most like those of Southern Rhodesia or South Africa at that time, with a strongly marked segregation which while not being officially enshrined as an apartheid policy, had similar practical effects.
Of all the towns in Northern Rhodesia, colonial Livingstone took on the most civilized British and European character. Surrounded by large numbers of African tribes and a still highly illiterate black urban population dependent upon British largess, it had a strongly marked segregation which while not being officially enshrined as an apartheid policy, had similar practical effects.