No, Ghana was not the first African country to gain independence - if you consider the entire continent of Africa, there are a few other countries ahead of Ghana:Liberia on 26 July 1847 (American)South Africa on 31 May 1910 from BritainEgypt on 28 February 1922 from BritainEthiopia on 5 May 1941 from ItalyLibya on 24 December 1951 from BritainSudan on 1 January 1956 from Britain/EgyptMorocco on 2 March 1956 from FranceTunisia on 20 March 1956 from FranceGhana on 6 March 1957 from Britain (article source: Ghana's Dubious Decolonization Distinction - The First Independent African Country)Source lists can differ depending upon the selection criteria of the definition of their independence. Some sites say that Liberia and Ethiopia should not be on the list. Even so, there are other countries still ahead of Ghana.
"gaining independence" usually prescribes a "from" in the end of it, followed by the name of country/hegemon. Historically (in Europe), I suppose first countries/nations got their independence with the collapse of Roman Empire, - more so the ones on the outskirts of Empire. So one may guess England and France, Balkan nations, as well as Middle East countries to be those among first ones to gain independence :)
The Declaration of Independence was written to claim independence from Britain, so the colonies could be in charge o themselves. The Constitution was written to establish it as a country.
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Virginia was.
South Africa.
Egypt (1922) was the first African nation to become independent from a European nation, but it was not a colony (it was a protectorate). The first colony to become independent was Italian Libya in 1951.
Liberia
South Africa.
It was Britain; it gave Zimbabwe independence in 1980. Ironically, Britain was also one of the first to begin decolonizing, granting Egypt independence in 1922
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Ghana the first African nation south of the Sahara to win freedom was the british colony of gold coast. during the 1940s, Kwame Nkrumah organized a movement for independence from Britain. In 1957, Gold Coast finally won independence.
Liberia was the first to gain independence after being colonized by outsiders, but the independence of Ethiopia dates to antiquity and was never fully ended.
No. The first was Morocco.
Milton Obote is president of Uganda got the independence of the country. Uganda got its independence from Britain in 1962 and they held their first elections.
Canada gained its independence from Britain through the enactment of the British North America Act, thereby becoming the first country to be created by legislation.
No, Ghana was not the first African country to gain independence - if you consider the entire continent of Africa, there are a few other countries ahead of Ghana:Liberia on 26 July 1847 (American)South Africa on 31 May 1910 from BritainEgypt on 28 February 1922 from BritainEthiopia on 5 May 1941 from ItalyLibya on 24 December 1951 from BritainSudan on 1 January 1956 from Britain/EgyptMorocco on 2 March 1956 from FranceTunisia on 20 March 1956 from FranceGhana on 6 March 1957 from Britain (article source: Ghana's Dubious Decolonization Distinction - The First Independent African Country)Source lists can differ depending upon the selection criteria of the definition of their independence. Some sites say that Liberia and Ethiopia should not be on the list. Even so, there are other countries still ahead of Ghana.