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.
Participants
Battles and events 2
- 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
- Challe Plan February 1, 1959 – April 1, 1961