GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT

The geopolitical contextIf the 19th century was the age of colonization, then the 20th century will be the age of decolonization: between 1958 and 1960, the word 'independence' resonates internationally...
17 African countries become independentThe Suns of Independence is a 1968 novel written by Ahmadou Kourouma (Ivory Coast) in reaction to the upheavals experienced by African political regimes emerging from decolonization...
Interactive mapIndependence declarations since 1945.