African Independence

Africa changed a lot during the 1955-1975 because of Europe. The Europeans wanted to "civilize"them, so they were treated unfairly & unequal. They were also very racist of Africans & thought they were better than them. The Europeans also controlled all of their natural resources. Many Africans got very tired of being controlled over Europe so they started fighting against them. They won their independence & were under they're on ruler. On of the ways they fought back is by renaming Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. Throughtout the years they have tried to civilize themselves, they aren't as civilized as us.

One of the leaders Africa had was Kwame Nkrumah, he was a teacher and had many non-violent protest like Gandhi. He made many boycotts & strikes on the Gold Coast from the Bristish, therefore he got arrested often. After a great deal in effort, the Gold Coast got hi independence & was rename Ghana. Later he became the president for Ghana. Jomo Kenyatta was another African leader that spent many years in Europe fighting for Africa's independence. Because of these actions he was sent to jail for 7 years. He was from Kenya & after he got out he was elceted president for Kenya. He led Kenya to revolution, and gained it's independence fro Europe.