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Decolonization In Africa. European Reluctance. European Reluctance. Reluctant to lose resources Imperialist view of Africans White superiority African inability to govern themselves How did imperialism affect this?. France in Africa Most of North Africa
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Decolonization In Africa European Reluctance
European Reluctance • Reluctant to lose resources • Imperialist view of Africans • White superiority • African inability to govern themselves • How did imperialism affect this?
France in Africa Most of North Africa Released most colonies without conflict Not Algeria Algeria Large French population Large Muslim population War to protect French nationals 1958 1 M French soldiers Algerian independence 1962 French Colonies
Black nationalists Supported & lead by European educated Africans Delayed independence European supremacy? African incapable White settler opposition Anti-communists campaigns of Cold War Economic & political instability Black African Nationalism
Ghana 1957 Kwame Nkrumah Leader against British Success in 1957 Kenya 1963 Mau Mau Uprising 1955 Violent campaign against European settlers British gain U.S. support against Mau Mau Claim they are communist subversives Not communist - nationalist Sub-Saharan Independence[British]