This question is not straightforward, it should be specific, by asking in particularly, how various conquered territories in Africa gained independence one after the other. A continent contains countries with separate, sovereign and socio-economic state-hoods. The long and short of this succinct and word-economic explication is that Africa did not, all of a sudden, gain independence as a whole.
1963, May 22 to 26, 31 independent African countries in Addis Ababa held a summit meeting, decided to establish Organization of African Unity, established May 25 as the "African Liberation Day ", referred to as "Africa Day. "
When: Congo won its independence in 1960
How: In 1960 Belgium granted congo independence after it was held in a conference in Brussels. King Leopold tried to negotiate terms but the COngolese wanted independence
Africa is a CONTINENT, not a country. Africa has more than 60 countries. See the link below for the year of independence for each.
1950's and 1960's
The people of Africa gained some of their independence from countries like Great Britain. These countries occupied much of Africa and created colonies there.
Answer this question… Both were based on the struggle of native peoples to gain independence from European colonialism.
The 60sExamples:Ghana· Independence from Britain in 1957Kenya· Independence from Britain in 1963Zaire/Congo· Independence from Belgium in 1960Algeria· Independence from France in 1962
Ghana. It was the first subsaharan country to gain independence in 1957. No civil war or violence for 55 years
In 1962, Burundi gained independence
From South Africa.
South Sudan
Gold Coast
Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990
South Africa
South Africa.
Liberia
Ghana was the first region in the South of Africa to gain freedom.
It was part of French West Africa: France.
Algeria, 3 July 1962
The people of Africa gained some of their independence from countries like Great Britain. These countries occupied much of Africa and created colonies there.
South Africa in 1910