Tuesday 11 October 2011

THE STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN INDEPENDANCE AND DECOLONISATION - Any Lessons For Wales?


  1. Gold Coast (British colony) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)
    Jump to Politics of the independence movements‎: Although political organizations had existed in the British colony, the ... became active in the West African Students' Union and the ... on the road to independence and self-government. ...
  2. Decolonization of Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization_of_Africa
    After the war, the British still considered their African colonies as ...
  3. Kenya: The Road to Independence 2.0 - Fun Facts, Questions ...

    www.funtrivia.com/.../Kenya-The-Road-to-Independence-20-32579...
    Click Here To Play: Kenya: The Road to Independence 2.0 ... and British East Africa(the colonial precursor to Kenya) was no exception. ... on the cusp of independence in 1960, British farms produced 83% of the colony's agricultural exports. ...
  4. African Resistance, Nationalism and Independence - Exploring Africa

    exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/curriculum/.../activity4.php
    Activity Four: African Resistance, Nationalism and Independence: Explain .... Many Africans from French and British colonies were also recruited to fight for the ...
  5. [PDF] 

    The Road to Independence The Road to Independence

    petrimoulx.pbworks.com/f/Chapter10section4.pdf
    File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
    Thousands of Kenyans watched today as the British flag was lowered for the last time over the former colony. The new national flag of independent Kenya was ...
  6. HISTORY OF TOGO

    www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad42
    Jump to French and British rule‎: Both Togoland and Cameroon are sandwiched betweenBritish and French colonies. ... renounces sovereignty over all her African colonies. ...is itself now on the road towards independence (as Ghana). 
  7. Ghana: the road to independence ... - F. M. Bourret - Google Books

    books.google.com.br › History › Africa › General
    Ghana: the road to independence, 1919-1957 .... WAR When the Second World War broke out in the autumn of 1939, West Africa did not appear to be vitally affected. Until Dunkirk, the four British colonies were largely spectators, but from then ...
  8. Decolonization

    www.slideshare.net/dmcdowell/decolonization - United States
    15+ items – Decolonization - Presentation Transcript. Decolonization ...
    • • Three patterns – Negotiated independence (India and much of Africa
    • • Pre-WWII – converted the British Empire into the British Commonwealth – also ...
    • • French Colonies in North Africa – Though limited, the French colonies were ...
  9. The Cambridge History of Africa: From c. 1940 to 1975 - Google Books Result

    books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0521224098...J. D. Fage, Michael Crowder, Roland Anthony Oliver - 1984 - History - 1027 pages
    ... when it became clear that neighbouring British colonies were set firmly on the road to independence, francophone African leaders were less and less ...
  10. The Road to Independence | Sierra Leone – 50 Years Forward

    www.sierraleoneat50.gov.sl/history-of-sierra-leone/
    This settlement was joined by thousands of freed slaves and became one of Britain's firstcolonies in West AfricaBritain outlawed the slave trade on 29 March ..