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| African Countries And Their Independence Days. by LEOSIRSIR(m): 6:43am On Apr 12, 2017 |
Brief History of colonization: In the 17th century AD, European countries scrambled for and partitioned Africa. This continued until around 1905, by which time all the lands and resources of the continent of Africa had been completely divided and colonized by European countries. The only country that couldn't be colonized due to strong resistance by the indegines was Ethiopia, and Liberia which was a place for freed slaves from the Americas. Independence: The struggle for independence started after world war II. This led to the independence of the Union of South Africa in 1931 through negotiations with the British empire and Libya in 1951 from Italy; followed by others in the late 1950s. The road to African independence was very hard and tortuous often through bloody fights, revolts and assassinations. For example; Britain unilaterally granted "The Kingdom of Egypt" independence on Feb. 22nd 1922 after a series of revolts, but continued to interfere in government. More violent revolts led to the signing of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty in 1936 and a coupe detat tagged Egyptian Revolution in 1952 finally culminated in the Egyptian Republic declaration of June 18th; 1953. The peak year for independence came in 1960 when about 17 countries gained independence. These independence days are now celebrated as national day holidays in most countries of Africa. List of all African countries and their Independence Days, colonial names and former colonizers. COUNTRY INDEPENDENCE DAY COLONIAL NAME COLONIAL RULERS Algeria July 5th, 1962 France Angola November 11th; 1975 Portugal Benin August 1st; 1960 French Botswana September 30th, 1966 Britain Burkina Faso August 5; 1960 France Burundi July 1st; 1962 Belgium Cameroon January 1st; 1960 French-administered UN trusteeship Cape Verde July 5th; 1975 Portugal C.A.R August 13th; 1960 France Chad August 11th, 1960 France Comoros July 6th; 1975 France Congo August 15th; 1960 France Congo DR June 30th; 1960 Belgium Cote d'Ivoire August 7th; 1960 France Djibouti June 27th; 1977 France Egypt February 28th, 1922 Britain Eq Guinea October 12; 1968 Spain Eritrea May 24th; 1993 Ethiopia Ethiopia over 2000 years, Kingdom of Aksum Never colonized -- Gabon August 17th; 1960 France Gambia February 18th; 1965 Britain Ghana 6 March 1957 Gold Coast Britain Guinea October 2nd; 1958 France Guinea Bissau 10 September 1974 24 September 1973 Portugal Kenya December 12th, 1963 Britain Lesotho October 4th; 1966 Britain Liberia July 26th; 1847 American colonization Society Libya December 24; 1951 Italy Madagascar June 26th; 1960 France Malawi July 6th; 1964 Britain Mali September 22nd; 1960 France Mauritania November 28th; 1960 France Mauritius March 12th, 1968 Britain Morocco March 2nd; 1956 France Mozambique June 25th; 1975 Portugal Namibia March 21st; 1990 South African mandate Niger August 3rd; 1960 France Nigeria October 1st, 1960 Britain Rwanda July 1st; 1962 Belgium administered UN trusteeship SaoTomePrincipe July 12th; 1975 Portugal Senegal April 4th; 1960 Fance Seychelles June 29th; 1976 Britain Sierra Leone April 27th; 1961 Britain Somalia July 1st; 1960 British Somaliland Italian Somaliland Britain Italy South Africa 11 December 1931, April 1994(end of apatheid) Union of South Africa Britain South Sudan 2013 Sudan Sudan January 1st; 1956 Egypt, Britain Swaziland September 6th; 1968 Britain Tanzania April 26th, 1964 Britain Togo April 27th; 1960 French administered UN trusteeship Tunisia March 20th; 1956 France Uganda October 9th; 1962 Britain Zambia October 24th; 1964 Britain Zimbabwe April 18th; 1980 Britain
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| Re: African Countries And Their Independence Days. by LEOSIRSIR(m): 6:44am On Apr 12, 2017 |
cc lalasticlala, mynd44, |
| Re: African Countries And Their Independence Days. by kingphilip(m): 6:53am On Apr 12, 2017 |
Whether the Independence is a blessing in disguise is yet to be seen and enjoyed There was just a transfer of power from the west to the citizens with transfer of a blueprint on how to continue on the right path and without a transfer of sense too |
| Re: African Countries And Their Independence Days. by kogistar: 6:55am On Apr 12, 2017 |
where is Biafra ? |
| Re: African Countries And Their Independence Days. by kingphilip(m): 6:58am On Apr 12, 2017 |
kogistar:the list will be modified in further future to include them but for now they're stuck here |
| Re: African Countries And Their Independence Days. by Decency1984(m): 10:44am On Dec 17, 2017 |
Good job @op |
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