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AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE

AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE. Kwame Nkrumah. First sub-Saharan African country to be granted independence – 1957 Why here?. Jomo Kenyatta. Mau-Mau Rebellion British concentration camps Kenya granted independence 1964. Congo. Patrice Lumumba – killed – CIA? Joseph Mobutu - dictator. IDI AMIN.

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AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE

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  1. AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE

  2. Kwame Nkrumah • First sub-Saharan African country to be granted independence – 1957 • Why here?

  3. Jomo Kenyatta • Mau-Mau Rebellion • British concentration camps • Kenya granted independence 1964

  4. Congo • Patrice Lumumba – killed – CIA? • Joseph Mobutu - dictator

  5. IDI AMIN • Uganda dictator • Known for brutality – may have been responsible for deaths of 300,000 people

  6. Different Models of Economic Development • Socialist/Communist • Julius Nyrere - Tanzania

  7. Models, cont’d. • Felix Houphuet-Boigny – Ivory Coast • Capitalism-based on exports • Wo • Worked well while world cocoa prices were high. • Built world’s largest Catholic Church in his home village.

  8. Barriers to Development • Colonialism’s legacy • Dictatorship/corruption – “kleptocracies” • Civil War/ethnic violence • Cold War proxy wars • Poverty/underdevelopment • Lack of education • Decline of traditions/urbanization and migration • “Off the beaten track”

  9. South Africa – the exception?

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