If you truly want to know, then the answer is Liberia. It became independent from the US in 1847. This makes Liberia the oldest independent African colony/country. Once being a part of the US, the people of Liberia decided to start a government just like the US. Interesting, right?
first caribbean country to gain freedom from france
Ghana
Gold Coast
Haiti did (1804).
East Timor is the last colony in Asia to gain 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.
Liberia
South Africa.
Ghana
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.
The first British colony in West Africa was Sierra Leone, established in 1787. It became the first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence after World War II, achieving this status on April 27, 1961. Sierra Leone's independence was significant as it marked a turning point in the decolonization process across Africa.
The first island is Haiti in 1804, then Cuba in 1902, the Jamaica (first British colony) in 1962