How uhuru was realised in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s
As you learnt in Grade 10 and Grade 11, Africans suffered five centuries of oppression and humiliation under the slave trade and colonial rule.
The whole of Africa was colonised by European powers in the late 19th century. European countries divided up the continent between them, and today there are nearly 50 countries in Africa.
Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain colonised the continent in what is called the ‘Scramble for Africa’. Later, at the end of the First World War, Germany and Italy were defeated and lost their colonies to the victorious powers.
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