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Methods of Decolonization: Ghana, Angola, and Nigeria

Methods of Decolonization: Ghana, Angola, and Nigeria. Mariah Sutton Quan Henderson Adrienne Turner-McGowan. Thesis Statement: Various tactics, such as increased nationalism, political changes, and war, were adopted in order to retrieve independence in Ghana, Angola, and Nigeria. Ghana.

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Methods of Decolonization: Ghana, Angola, and Nigeria

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  1. Methods of Decolonization:Ghana, Angola, and Nigeria Mariah Sutton Quan Henderson Adrienne Turner-McGowan Thesis Statement: Various tactics, such as increased nationalism, political changes, and war, were adopted in order to retrieve independence in Ghana, Angola, and Nigeria.

  2. Ghana • Goal: Freedom from British rule & Pan African Congress • Formed Formation of Organization of Africa Unity 1963 (OAU) • Independence from French in 1957 • Constitution of 1960 • President Kwame Nkrumah dictorial powers • 1946 Conventional People’s Party sole legal party • Overthrown by military in 1966, power shifts

  3. Angola • Goals: • Independence from Portugal • Major Problems: • Poor infrastructure and technology • Famine due to corruption • Mismanagement of oil revenue • Methods of Decolonization: • 1961 war of independence • UNITA (South Africa and USA) disputes MPLA (Cuba, and Soviet Union) rule and a civil war breaks out

  4. Nigeria • became under British rule in 1900 • gained independence in 1960 • rise of Nigerian nationalism began in the 1920s • constitution of 1922: African representatives joined the Nigeria’s legislative council in Lagos town council • urbanization, Western education, and transportation increased Nigerian awareness and nationalism • local media • creation of the National Congress of British West Africa and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (Garvey Movement), and other political parties in 1920 • rallies led by newly created political parties • spread of anti-colonial movement • peaceful constitutional changes after 1945 • Nigerian national council created in 1944

  5. Bibliography • Falola, Toyin. The History of Nigeria. Westport: Greenwood, 1999. Print. • Twentieth- Centruy History. 6th ed. Boston: Charles Hartford, 2006. Print.

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