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2 days ago · 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.
Apr 25, 2024 · April 25, 2024. Exactly 50 years ago today, Portugal’s colonial project in Africa unraveled, bringing to a close the age of overt European imperialism on the continent. In the decades after World War II, dozens of newly independent nations arose in the African territories previously colonized by Britain, France, and Belgium.
Apr 23, 2024 · Kwame Nkrumah spearheaded the Gold Coast’s independence movement and its transformation into modern-day Ghana. He inspired subsequent independence movements throughout Africa. He became Ghana’s first prime minister in 1952 and later its first president.
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- What was Kwame Nkrumah’s educational background?Raised a Roman Catholic, Kwame Nkrumah attended Catholic day schools and graduated from Achimota College in 1930. A few years later, he moved to th...
- How did Kwame Nkrumah help lead Ghana to independence?In 1947 Kwame Nkrumah became secretary-general of the United Gold Coast Convention, a party with a moderate, gradualist approach to Gold Coast inde...
- What issues did Kwame Nkrumah’s government focus on?As Ghana’s first prime minister and eventual president, Kwame Nkrumah led several ambitious but financially disastrous development projects. Additi...
- What controversies did Kwame Nkrumah’s government face?Kwame Nkrumah’s ambitious industrialization projects strained Ghana’s economy. Many of these initiatives sunk Ghana into more foreign debt. A move...
Apr 25, 2024 · Pan-Africanism, the idea that peoples of African descent have common interests and should be unified. There are many varieties of Pan-Africanism. In its narrowest political manifestation, Pan-Africanists envision a unified African nation where all people of the African diaspora can live.
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Apr 12, 2024 · Biafra, secessionist western African state that unilaterally declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967. It constituted the former Eastern Region of Nigeria and was inhabited principally by Igbo (Ibo) people. Biafra ceased to exist as an independent state in January 1970.
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3 days ago · The Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional ("Armed Struggle of National Liberation") in Angola, began as an uprising against forced cultivation of cotton and evolved into a multi-faction struggle for control of Portugal's overseas province of ...
2 days ago · African Americans. Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous peoples and diasporas of African ancestry.
