African Independence

African Independence was a period when African colonies gained its independence from the European countries. During the mid 1950's the continent of Africa was being ruled by European countries, because the Europeans wanted the natural resources that were available in Africa. After 20 years Africa was a whole different continent, because the colonies gained independence from the Europeans and went on to become independence countries. It was easy for the African countries because the European countries were weakened after WWII. The Europeans did not want to deal with their colonies, because it was very expensive to run colonies from countries far away. Many Africans became well educated. Africa had many leaders because there were so many provinces. These leaders were inspired by African-American leaders. They had Leopold Senghor, who lead Sengal and later became president; Marcus Garvey was jamaican born, but his goal was to lead Europeans out of Africa and have Africa ruled by Africans; Kwame Nkrumah became Ghana's first prime minister; Jomo Kenyatta led Kenya through a harsh independence; etc.