African Independence

Between 1955 to 1975 Africa went through some major changes in its country. In a 20 year span Africa was trying to be independent. After World War II British colonies that were still there since the late 1800, Africans set their sites on making those country under British control independent countries. Nkrumah an independence leader and the first Prime minister of Ghana helped create and make Ghana independent. Jomo Kenyatta was the man that gave Kenya its independence after 10,000 black Kenyans and 100 white Kenyans died. Kenyatta became president of the newly found nation. Patrice Lumumba was the first prime minister of Conga after Belgium granted independence to the country. Those are just some of the independence leaders of Africa though Africa is made up of a number of countrys and backrounds its idependence was a biud deal to Africans