♣ African Independence ♣

♣Explain how and why Africa changed so much in the 20 year period from 1955 t0 1975.♣

--> Africa changed in the past 20 years in the time period of 1955 to 1975 because of many reasons.in 1955 the British colonies decided to develop the first ever African colony in southern part of Africa which is Sahara so they could achieve their independence called the gold coast.It was a British colony.It was organized by kwame Nkrumah who organized the party so he would be able to help the gold coast free from the British. he made this happen by boycotting,protesting and striking against the British.And so due to all accepted and gave Independence to the gold coast and receiving its independence it took its name as Ghana and then Nkrumah became Ghana's first prime minster. In 1975 Africa had more independent countries than in 1955, because the Africans thought it was necessary to separate from Europe. Due to this it was more effective because there was independent countries in 1975. In a British colony named Kenya, their leader was Jomo Kenyatta who led them to independence. He spoke for the Kikuyu people who were let out of their land by the European settlers. However, Kenyatta refused to the MauMau ( was mainly to frigthen the white farmers to leave the highlands) connection so he was imprisoned by the British for a time for his refusal. In 1963, the British granted Kenya Independence, so Kenyatta became the first prime minister of an Independence Kenya. he worked very hard to unite the various ethic and language groups in the country.