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from A Short History of Africa by Oliver & Fage, 1995: Early 1950s: Libya. Eritrea also gained independence from European governments, but was joined with Ethiopia. Late 1950s: Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, Guinea. Early 1960s: Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Togo, Dahomey, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Congo-Leopoldville, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Zambia, Malawi, Madagascar. (Tanganyika and Zanzibar formed Tanzania after independence.) Late 1960s: Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho. (The countries aren't in date order within the groups - just the order I read them off the map!)

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All of them. Here's a list of African nations, their former rulers and their independence dates:

  1. Egypt (UK, 1922)
  2. South Africa (UK, 1931)
  3. Ethiopia (Italy and Allied military administration, 1944)
  4. Libya (Italy and Allied military administration, 1951)
  5. Sudan & South Sudan (Egypt and UK, 1956)
  6. Tunisia (France, 1956)
  7. Morocco (Spain and France, 1956)
  8. Ghana (UK, 1957)
  9. Guinea (France, 1958)
  10. Cameroon (France, 1960)
  11. Togo (France, 1960)
  12. Mali (France, 1960)
  13. Senegal (France, 1960)
  14. Madagascar (France, 1960)
  15. Congo-Kinshasa (Belgium, 1960)
  16. Somalia (Italy and UK, 1960)
  17. Benin (France, 1960)
  18. Niger (France, 1960)
  19. Burkina Faso (France, 1960)
  20. Ivory Coast (France, 1960)
  21. Chad (France, 1960)
  22. CAR (France, 1960)
  23. Congo-Brazzaville (France, 1960)
  24. Gabon (France, 1960)
  25. Nigeria (UK, 1960)
  26. Mauritania (France, 1960)
  27. Tanzania (UK, 1961-1963)
  28. Rwanda (Belgium, 1962)
  29. Burundi (Belgium, 1962)
  30. Algeria (France, 1962)
  31. Uganda (UK, 1962)
  32. Kenya (UK, 1963)
  33. Malawi (UK, 1964)
  34. Zambia (UK, 1964)
  35. Gambia (UK, 1965)
  36. Botswana (UK, 1966)
  37. Lesotho (UK, 1966)
  38. Mauritius (UK, 1968)
  39. Swaziland (UK, 1968)
  40. Equatorial Guinea (Spain, 1968)
  41. Guinea-Bissau (Portugal, 1974)
  42. Mozambique (Portugal, 1975)
  43. Cape Verde (Portugal, 1975)
  44. Sao Tome and Principe (Portugal, 1975)
  45. Angola (Portugal, 1975)
  46. Seychelles (UK, 1976)
  47. Djibouti (France, 1977)
  48. Zimbabwe (UK, 1980)

A Few African nations themselves have controlled their own "colonies'', as well:

  1. Namibia (South Africa, 1990)
  2. Comoros (Madagascar, 1975)
  3. Eritrea (Ethiopia, 1993)
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1- Ethiopia (never colonized)

2- Liberia (1847 created by the U.S)

3- South Africa (1910)

4- Egypt (1922)

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Ruanda-Urundi became independent, and split into two countries which were Burundi and Rwanda.

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Tanganyika, Africa

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Liberia on the 26th. July 1847

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The whole world! :)

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Liberia

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