{"id":602,"date":"2025-02-21T10:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T10:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/internationalhistory20c\/?post_type=content&p=602"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T10:35:11","slug":"chapter-16-africa-decolonization-and-independence-1945-2024","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/internationalhistory20c\/students\/chapter-16-africa-decolonization-and-independence-1945-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 16: Africa: Decolonization and independence, 1945\u20132024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chapter 16: Africa: Decolonization and independence, 1945\u20132024<\/h1>\n\n\n
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The post-war period saw independence come to Africa. This proved to be a drawn-out process as the interaction between European colonialism and the Cold War meant that black majority rule only finally triumphed over the whole continent in 1994. The nature of post-colonial Africa was not predetermined. Some statesmen, such as Kwame Nkrumah espoused pan-Africanist ideas, but eventually the nation-state model triumphed. In part this was due to the weight of the colonial legacy. The latter also had an important role in shaping the nature of the new African states. The experience of nationalists under colonial rule and the institutions they inherited from the Europeans created the foundations for the establishment of one-party states that relied on clientelism to remain in power. Over time there was a move towards greater pluralism, the holding of free elections and market economies, but the reputation of Africa was compromised by a series of major wars and the remaining vestiges of corruption and dictatorship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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