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The story of one woman’s fight to gain African independence from colonial rule
Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to the The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new ...
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France responsible for 'extreme violence' in Cameroon independence war, report finds
A 14-person committee composed of French and Cameroonian historians found France enforced 'extreme violence' in Cameroon ...
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African struggles for independence
to grow Nkrumah used the frustration after the war and the growing Pan-African movement to build up support for the CPP Women helped support and spread the message of independence The British ...
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Case Study: Congo
Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events unlike anything else in the rest of Africa. The Belgian Congo was huge and underdeveloped. After the war, new cultural organisations like ...
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Somaliland: The Horn of Africa’s Breakaway State
Somaliland is part of Somalia and the larger Horn of Africa region ... broke ties with Somalia’s government in Mogadishu after declaring independence in 1991, and the region has sought ...
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John F Kennedy: When the US president met Africa's independence heroes
A month after his inauguration ... in the development and advancement of the continent. African leaders who fought hard for independence were not naïve and took Kennedy at his word: that the ...