A brief history of colonization
Independence
African countries that gained independence in 1950
African countries that gained independence in 1960
African countries to first gain independence
State’s history of independence and founding
- Liberia – 26 July 1847
- South Africa – 31 May 1910
- Arab Republic of Egypt – 28 February 1922
- Ethiopia – May 5, 1941
- Libya – December 24 1951
- Sudan – 1 January 1956
- Morocco – March 2, 1956
- Tunisia – March 20 1956
- Ghana – March 6, 1957
- Guinea – October 2, 1958
- Cameroon (also known as British Cameroon)- January 1, 1960
- Senegal – 4 April 1960
- Togo – 27 April 1960
- Mali 14 – 22 September 1960
- Madagascar – 26 June 1960
- Democratic Republic of the Congo also gained on 30 June 1960
- Somalia – 1 July 1960
- Boys – August 1, 1960
- Niger – August 1960
- Burkina Faso – August 5, 1960
- Ivory Coast – August 1960
- Chad – August 11, 1960
- Central African Republic – August 13, 1960
- Republic of the Congo also gained on – 15 August 1960
- Gabon – August 16, 1960
- Nigeria also gained on October 1, 1960
- Mauritania – November 28 1960
- Sierra Leone – 27 April 1961
- Cameroon (also known as French Cameroon) – October 1, 1961
- Tanzania – 9 December 1961
- Burundi – 1 July 1962
- Rwanda stripes on July 1, 1962
- Algeria – 3 July 1962
- Uganda – October 9, 1962
- Kenya – December 12 1963
- Malawi – 6 July 1964
- Zambia – 24 October 1964
- Gambia – 18 February 1965
- Botswana – 30 September 1966
- Lesotho – 4 October 1966
- Mauritius – March 12 1968
- Swaziland – 6 September 1968
- Equatorial Guinea – 12 October 1968
- Guinea-Bissau – 10 September 1974
- Mozambique – June 1975
- Cape Verde – 5 July 1975
- Comoros – 6 July 1975
- Sao Tome – 12 July 1975
- Angola – 11 November 1975
- Seychelles – 29 June 1976
- Djibouti – 27 June 1977
- Zimbabwe – 18 April 1980
- Namibia – March 21 1990
- Eritrea – 24 May 1993
- South Sudan – 9 July 2011
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Country that gained independence from Britain in 1960
However, Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960. And an Executive Council, made up entirely of Nigerians, was also led by a Prime Minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.
African countries that gained independence
Meanwhile, There were 80 successful coups d’etats and 108 failed ones in 48 independent Sub-Saharan African countries between 1956 and 2001, a 46-year timeframe. However, The difficulty is that coups nearly never result in decent government. One bad leader just gives way to a better one.