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Major African decolonization wave

1957-1975 CE · Continental Africa

Ghana's 1957 independence under Kwame Nkrumah became an early landmark in a wider wave won through elections, strikes, negotiation, armed struggle and international pressure.

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How the setting appeared

Capitals, union halls, radio stations, rural organizing sites and public squares became stages for mass politics.

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How people lived

Workers, farmers, veterans, students, women organizers and political parties debated citizenship, borders and economic futures.

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How people worked

Print, radio, unions, parties, boycotts, diplomacy and liberation armies operated beside colonial economies and new administrations.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Churches, mosques and indigenous institutions sometimes supported or contested movements; no single religious position existed.

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World-atlas stage: Decolonization and globalization
Region: Africa · Continental Africa
Languages and scripts: African languages; Arabic; English; French; Portuguese
Important people: Kwame Nkrumah; Julius Nyerere; Patrice Lumumba; Ahmed Ben Bella; Amilcar Cabral
Events and changes: Ghanaian independence in 1957; 1960 Year of Africa; Algerian independence in 1962; Portuguese African independences in 1975
Evidence confidence: High for constitutional and political chronology; a leaders list cannot represent the many local organizers or conflicting postcolonial programs.

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Historical geography

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-UNESCO-GENERAL-HISTORY-AFRICA

General History of Africa

https://www.unesco.org/en/general-history-africa

UNESCO

CIT-AFRICA-UN-DECOLONIZATION

United Nations and Decolonization

https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en

United Nations

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