The decolonisation of Africa was a series of political developments in Africa that spanned from the mid-1950s to 1975, during the Cold War. Colonial governments gave way to sovereign states in a process often marred by violence, political turmoil, widespread unrest, and organised revolts.

2025年2月9日 · Western Africa - Decolonization, Independence, Sovereignty: The end of the colonial period and the establishment during 1957–76 of all the former colonies as independent states was attributable both to a change in European attitudes toward Africa and the possession of colonies and to an African reaction to colonial rule born of the economic ...

Seven European nations took control of the whole of Africa apart from Liberia and Ethiopia. They were helped to do this by the opening of the Suez Canal, which linked the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and cut many kilometres off the journey to the east coast of Africa and India. To know more about the Suez Crisis of 1956, visit the linked article.

The decolonization of Africa followed World War II as colonized peoples agitated for independence and colonial powers withdrew their administrators from Africa. [1]

2025年2月8日 · For the territories of Southern Africa, the continuance of apartheid in South Africa shaped the postindependence years; the liberation of these territories in turn inspired and politicized South Africa’s Black populace and transformed the balance of power in the region.

2025年1月25日 · Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso are part of Françafrique, a pejorative term for France’s sphere of influence in sub-Saharan Africa following decolonization. They face arduous challenges in terms of development: Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso rank 188, 189, and 185, respectively, out of 193 countries on the Human Development Index.

1994年4月27日 · The decolonization of the African continent has been a centuries-long journey that witnessed dramatic upheavals in the political and socioeconomic lives of hundreds of millions of people. During the second half of the twentieth century, colonial governments, impaired by violence and widespread unrest, rapidly transitioned to becoming ...

European imperial retreat from sub-Saharan Africa, usually described as decolonization, was one of the most sudden and momentous transformations in the history of the modern world. It occurred in the aftermath of World War II.

2025年1月10日 · In this module, we explore the reasons behind Africa’s decolonization, the methods of resistance, the consequences of the struggle for independence, and the lasting effects of these historic changes on the continent’s modern development. 1. The Roots of African Colonization and the Emergence of Nationalism.

maintain control over colonized peoples in Africa. Dec. lonization efforts continue across the globe today. The structural inequalities baked into the imperial system are dificult to dismantle and former colonizers .