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

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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/Communi st 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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