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from A Short History of Africa by Oliver & Fage, 1995: Early 1950s: Libya. Eritrea also gained independence from European governments, but was joined with Ethiopia. Late 1950s: Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, Guinea. Early 1960s: Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Togo, Dahomey, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Congo-Leopoldville, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Zambia, Malawi, Madagascar. (Tanganyika and Zanzibar formed Tanzania after independence.) Late 1960s: Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho. (The countries aren't in date order within the groups - just the order I read them off the map!)
All of them. Here's a list of African nations, their former rulers and their independence dates:
- Egypt (UK, 1922)
- South Africa (UK, 1931)
- Ethiopia (Italy and Allied military administration, 1944)
- Libya (Italy and Allied military administration, 1951)
- Sudan & South Sudan (Egypt and UK, 1956)
- Tunisia (France, 1956)
- Morocco (Spain and France, 1956)
- Ghana (UK, 1957)
- Guinea (France, 1958)
- Cameroon (France, 1960)
- Togo (France, 1960)
- Mali (France, 1960)
- Senegal (France, 1960)
- Madagascar (France, 1960)
- Congo-Kinshasa (Belgium, 1960)
- Somalia (Italy and UK, 1960)
- Benin (France, 1960)
- Niger (France, 1960)
- Burkina Faso (France, 1960)
- Ivory Coast (France, 1960)
- Chad (France, 1960)
- CAR (France, 1960)
- Congo-Brazzaville (France, 1960)
- Gabon (France, 1960)
- Nigeria (UK, 1960)
- Mauritania (France, 1960)
- Tanzania (UK, 1961-1963)
- Rwanda (Belgium, 1962)
- Burundi (Belgium, 1962)
- Algeria (France, 1962)
- Uganda (UK, 1962)
- Kenya (UK, 1963)
- Malawi (UK, 1964)
- Zambia (UK, 1964)
- Gambia (UK, 1965)
- Botswana (UK, 1966)
- Lesotho (UK, 1966)
- Mauritius (UK, 1968)
- Swaziland (UK, 1968)
- Equatorial Guinea (Spain, 1968)
- Guinea-Bissau (Portugal, 1974)
- Mozambique (Portugal, 1975)
- Cape Verde (Portugal, 1975)
- Sao Tome and Principe (Portugal, 1975)
- Angola (Portugal, 1975)
- Seychelles (UK, 1976)
- Djibouti (France, 1977)
- Zimbabwe (UK, 1980)
A Few African nations themselves have controlled their own "colonies'', as well:
- Namibia (South Africa, 1990)
- Comoros (Madagascar, 1975)
- Eritrea (Ethiopia, 1993)
Ruanda-Urundi became independent, and split into two countries which were Burundi and Rwanda.
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first caribbean country to gain freedom from france
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Liberia
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South Africa.
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What African country gain independence lately?
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Ghana. It was the first subsaharan country to gain independence in 1957. No civil war or violence for 55 years
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Which country in North Africa was the last to gain independence?
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