Decolonisation of Africa
December 24, 1951 – November 11, 1975 · Era in Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Algeria, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar, Somalia, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Rwanda, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Comoros, French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, Belgian Congo, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Process in which almost all African colonies became independent, from Libya in 1951 to the Portuguese colonies in 1975; 1960 alone brought independence to 17 countries.
Key people
Participants
Battles and events 5
- Mau Mau uprising October 7, 1952 – January 12, 1960
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Algerian War of Independence November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962
- Toussaint Rouge November 1, 1954
- Philippeville massacre August 20–25, 1955
- Battle of Algiers (1956–1957) January 7 – October 8, 1957 · French victory
- Battle of Bouzegza August 12, 1957 · Algerian victory on 4 August French victory on 12 August
- Bombing of Sakiet Sidi Youssef February 8, 1958
- Challe Plan February 1, 1959 – April 1, 1961
- Battle of Djebel Bouk'hil (1961) September 17–18, 1961 · FLN victory
- Ifni War October 23, 1957 – June 30, 1958
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Portuguese Colonial War February 4, 1961 – April 25, 1974 · Carnation Revolution
- Angolan War of Independence February 4, 1961 – April 25, 1974 · Alvor Agreement
- Indian annexation of Goa December 1961 – December 19, 1961 · Indian victory
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Guinea-Bissau War of Independence January 23, 1963 – September 10, 1974
- Operation Green Sea November 22, 1970
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Mozambican War of Independence September 25, 1964 – September 8, 1974 · Lusaka Accord
- Operation Gordian Knot July 6 – August 6, 1970 · Portuguese victory
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Rhodesian Bush War July 4, 1964 – December 12, 1979 · Lancaster House Agreement
- Operation Dingo November 25, 1977 · Rhodesian victory
