Possible Clues:

• Old country ways rumoured to get first class backing
• Break down or hide, as in a former state
• Untidy hairdos emanating originally from old colony
• Island, one north of a country that declared independence
• Radio he's retuned in the old country
• Greek island next to another island, a former British colony
• Former African state
• Previous name of Zimbabwe
• Salisbury was its capital
• Island raised capital for colony once