African Independence

Africa had changed so much in the 20 year period from 1955 to 1975 because Africa in 1955 had more colonies than Africa in 1975. Africa in 1975 has more independent countries than Africa in 1955. The leader of their largely nonviolent protests was Kwame Nkrumah. He was a former teacher who had spent several years studying in the United States.willing to grant the Gold Coast colony. One was the strong leadership of Kenyan nationalist Jomo Kenyatta,a Kikuyu educated in
London.