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    This document summarizes the independence movements and early leadership of several new African nations in the late 1950s and 1960s, including Ghana led by Kwame Nkrumah gaining independence from Britain through non-violent protests in 1957, Kenya achieving independence in 1963 under Jomo Kenyatta after facing British resistance though some used guerrilla tactics, and Algeria gaining freedom from France in 1962 but facing instability since under Ahmed Ben Bella.

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    New Nations in Africa

    Guided Reading
    Chapter 34.3
    Pages 1012-1016
    Africa: Negritude Movement
    • A movement to celebrate African culture,
    heritage, and values
    Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah
    • 1957 Independence from
    Great Britain
    • Non-violent strikes/ boycotts
    to gain freedom
    • Wanted Pan-Africanism
    (one united Africa)
    Kenya: Jomo Kenyatta
    • 1963 independence from Great Britain
    • British resisted independence movement
    • Mau Mau used guerrilla tactics to fight British
    Algeria: Ahmed Ben Bella
    • 1962 independence from France
    • Since gaining independence the nation has
    been plagued by instability
    Congo: Mobutu Sese Seko
    • 1960 independence from Belgium
    • Resources were plundered by Europeans
    • Civil War and rebellion
    • Autocratic rule since gaining freedom
    Angola: MPLA
    • 1975 independence from Portugal
    • Violent fight for independence
    • Communists took control of the country

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