African Independence

Africa was one of the countries in the world that didn't have its independence. Filled with over 20 countries Africa was a very "hot" spot to control. The Europeans were the first to imperialize the continent so they had it for themselves. During 1955-1970, Africa were fighting for their independence. The French, Spanish, English had control over them took for a long time. During that time they just used Africa for their natural resources and labor.

Kenya was one of the countries to gain their independence. Kenya was a special country because of the fact that their president was in prison during the time. He was later elected President. His name was Jomo Kenyatta. He had leaded the Mau Mau's in order for him to "scare" the english away without any war.

The first country to gain its independence was Ghana. They were lead by Kwame Nkrumah. Kwame was a teacher who for a short period of time studied in the U.S. He came back to Ghana to help his people get more rights in their country. He winded up becoming the president of Ghana and gaining independence from the english.

Africa changed alot during all of this. They sucessfully gained all of their independence from European countries except for a selected few. Many of them got to change the name of their country to something more of their african culture and create a flag.