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In 1960, a historic wave of decolonization swept the continent, resulting in 17 African nations (and Cyprus) declaring their sovereignty, an unprecedented political transformation that reshaped the global map.
Given that 1960 saw 17 African nations gain independence, what were some of the main geopolitical factors (e.g., global events, colonial power status) that accelerated this massive wave of decolonization?
What is the historical nickname given to the year 1960 due to the large number of African nations gaining independence?

65 YEARS OLD COUNTRIES — AFTER INDEPENDENCE

Country | Independent From....
01 Jan: Cameroon | 🇫🇷France
27 Apr: Togo, | 🇫🇷France
26 Jun: Madagascar, | 🇫🇷France
30 Jun: 🇨🇩Congo DR | 🇧🇪Belgium
01 Jul: 🇸🇴Somalia | 🇮🇹Italy/🇬🇧Britain
01 Aug: 🇧🇯Benin | 🇫🇷France
03 Aug: 🇳🇪Niger | 🇫🇷France
05 Aug: 🇧🇫Burkina Faso | 🇫🇷France
07 Aug: 🇨🇮Ivory Coast | 🇫🇷France
11 Aug: 🇹🇩Chad | 🇫🇷France
13 Aug: 🇨🇫Central African Rep | 🇫🇷France
15 Aug: 🇨🇬Congo Rep | 🇫🇷France
16 Aug: 🇨🇾Cyprus | 🇬🇧Britain
17 Aug: 🇬🇦Gabon | 🇫🇷France
20 Aug: 🇸🇳Senegal | 🇫🇷France
22 Sep: 🇲🇱Mali | 🇫🇷France
01 Oct: 🇳🇬Nigeria | 🇬🇧Britain
28 Nov: 🇲🇷Mauritania | 🇫🇷France
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Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

Completely agreed with your insertion. Most African countries colonised either by Britain or France 🇫🇷 remain underdeveloped till date.
Something is really wrong with us as a nation

Nigeria doing better than all these countries.

Lets celebrate our small wins

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

Islamic terrorism is worse in Nigeria.
Islamic terrorism in Nigeria has denied Nigeria tourism money.
Some countries live from tourism money alone, not only on cash from crude oil and gas deposits.

You see how these agbado munching nitwits want to justify the hardship in Nigeria? They're showing you all these to let you know that suffering is not only in Nigeria

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

Oga I didn't know that Nigeria is better than Cyprus,tell me something else.....funny 'lap dogs'!

There are no basis for comparison. We are on the right pedestal and Nigeria will be great. Comparing is just like a wife Comparing his husband with another married man, the is bound to fail. And for your information, Nigeria is far better than those other countries

Ignominy ignoble.
Bundle of under developed nation with bad leadership

Oh Africa…
We ought to be doing better.
It’s time to wake up... 65 years in adulthood is no small matter

Cursed squad.

All of them are just crawling, no development per se

Sermwell:
You see how these agbado munching nitwits want to justify the hardship in Nigeria? They're showing you all these to let you know that suffering is not only in Nigeria

How you dey sleep

Keep checking your bp regularly o

Special attention to Cyprus, they have done well

You guys aren't serious at all so you want to tell me with the kind of natural resources we have in Nigeria this is the level of development you guys are applauding it's really a shame

Why are we only comparing with African nations, while no with Indonesia, Malaysia & maybe Cyprus. Justifying hardship just to make your pay masters happy is the real problem of Nigeria. LAPTOP BOYS DESIST FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR CHILDREN.

Nigeria is blessed with petroleum, its one of the largest producer of oil in Africa. So why is it lacking behind in terms of real development

saintopus:
Completely agreed with your insertion. Most African countries colonised either by Britain or France 🇫🇷 remain underdeveloped till date.
Something is really wrong with us as a nation

Sermwell:
You see how these agbado munching nitwits want to justify the hardship in Nigeria? They're showing you all these to let you know that suffering is not only in Nigeria

Imagine comparing themselves with countries you have more human and natural resources than. countries whom shortly after independence were running to Nigeria for succour and we were they big brothers and naira was running head to head with pounds and dollars.Our economy was thriving left for the period of military governance,only for APC government to come and ruin everything Nigeria ever worked for and set us some hundred years back.

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

bigger is not always better. Indebted. Insecure. In jeopardy.

All of them are struggling and have little to nothing to show for their 65 years of independence and self-rule, what a shame


Some like Nigeria, Somali and DR Congo have even become worst than they were 65 years ago under European colonial masters.



Black Africans really need to sit down and have a reflection on their lives and why they are the joke of the rest of other races on earth, its really shameful and disheartening

DrMB:
In 1960, a historic wave of decolonization swept the continent, resulting in 17 African nations (and Cyprus) declaring their sovereignty, an unprecedented political transformation that reshaped the global map.
Given that 1960 saw 17 African nations gain independence, what were some of the main geopolitical factors (e.g., global events, colonial power status) that accelerated this massive wave of decolonization?
What is the historical nickname given to the year 1960 due to the large number of African nations gaining independence?

Where is South Korea, Singapore and the likes? Why the need for comparing yourselves with the worst. What happened to the best? I guess that's why the country is what it is.

DrMB:
In 1960, a historic wave of decolonization swept the continent, resulting in 17 African nations (and Cyprus) declaring their sovereignty, an unprecedented political transformation that reshaped the global map.
Given that 1960 saw 17 African nations gain independence, what were some of the main geopolitical factors (e.g., global events, colonial power status) that accelerated this massive wave of decolonization?
What is the historical nickname given to the year 1960 due to the large number of African nations gaining
independence?

Only Cyprus and Mauritania are doing well among the Class of 1960

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

What part of under the bed did you wake up from this morning?
You're better off than countries that use CFA as currency?
By what parameters?
What's your debt profile in and out of this country compared to the rest?
What's your corruption index profile as against theirs?
When you've succeeded in educating yourself with the answers to these, go warm eba and eat.

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

Yes, with 24/7 electricity, top notch security, good health plan and free education., no terrorism, affordable living for Nigerians, free and fair electoral proceses, no grab it and run away with it.... Good one 👍

Nigeria is heaven compared to all these shithole countries. All they do in Cameroon is eat smelly miondo and drink mimbo

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

What's your country's inflation rate, poverty index, currency, security and infrastructure and cost of living in comparison to these countries?

saintopus:
Completely agreed with your insertion. Most African countries colonised either by Britain or France 🇫🇷 remain underdeveloped till date.
Something is really wrong with us as a nation

It's deliberate from our colonial masters to be trapped in the circle of problems we are facing for their own benefit.

I wonder why Nigeria cannot delete these terrorists and bandits…in 2008, there was relative peace.

Pierocash:
Nigeria is better off than all the others in everything

How is Nigeria better than ivory coast ?
Make una take am easy na

Ewedegubbler:
Nigeria is heaven compared to all these shithole countries. All they do in Cameroon is eat smelly miondo and drink mimbo

lol remove Cyprus and Mauritius and this is not about compare all d time compared compared with all d resources in Nigeria we suppose to be d best country in Africa in terms of development but instead 🇳🇬 keep going backward if we don’t vote d right person we will keep compare and compare every year till 🇳🇬 clock 100 and worst than this

yorosstores:
Nigeria doing better than all these countries.

Lets celebrate our small wins

You're on your own, I don't celebrate mediocrity.




We should be competing with developed countries by now if not for useless/corrupt so-called leaders......We got the resources to achieve it.