African Independence

2343Well based on the map, Africa has changed way then a little. It changed dramatically. In 1975, like 95 percent of Africa was taken over by the colonies. The Europeans ruled most of Africa. The only places that were taken over was: Liberia,Libya,Egypt,Ethiopia, and the union of south Africa. But the fight for independence started 1951.Some leaders who lead the fight to freedom were, Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, and Nelson Mandela of South Africa. The leading country in the independence was Ghana in 1957. But prior to the independence, it was the British colonies gold coast. Once countrys gained their independence, the changed their name and the gold coast changed theirs to Ghana. This name honored a famous West African kingdom of the past. Ghana became the first nation ruled by Africans to join the British Commonwealth. They were ver excited to be free but the wasn't prepared to rule yet. The Africans weren't educated on how to govern properly. They were being ruled for over 20 years so what do you expect?