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The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
Every chapter, map and battle — indexed
The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994 is an interactive situation map: 12 guided chapters, 20 dated map states, and 43 battles, turning points and sites of memory, each drawn where it happened. This page is the card catalog — every piece of the atlas as a readable, linkable page.
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THE CHAPTERS
How Thin the Empire Really Was
CHAPTER 1 · JAN 1945
The First Doors
CHAPTER 2 · MAR 1956
Ghana — The Model
CHAPTER 3 · MAR 1957
Algeria — The Exception
CHAPTER 4 · MAY 1960
The Year of Africa
CHAPTER 5 · JUL 1960
The Congo Crisis
CHAPTER 6 · JUL 1962
Building States from Colonies
CHAPTER 7 · JAN 1967
The Portuguese Empire Falls Last
CHAPTER 8 · AUG 1975
The Settler Redoubt
CHAPTER 9 · APR 1980
Apartheid’s Long Fall
CHAPTER 10 · MAR 1990
The Four Years That Decided It
CHAPTER 11 · APR 1994
What Independence Achieved, and Could Not
CHAPTER 12 · JUL 1994
THE MAP, YEAR BY YEAR
1945DEC 1951MAR 1956MAR 1957OCT 19581960DEC 1961JUL 19621963–64NOV 19651966–68JAN 1970SEP 19741975JUN 1977APR 19801985MAR 1990MAY 1993APR 1994
BATTLES, EVENTS & SITES OF MEMORY
● Accra — Ghana is free● Algiers — independence at last◆ Amílcar Cabral◆ Biafra — the Uli airlift◆ Boipatong● CODESA — the negotiated revolution● Conakry — Guinea says “Non”✕ Cuito Cuanavale● Dakar — the Mali Federation● Egypt’s Free Officers● Guinea-Bissau declares● Harare — Zimbabwe✕ Katanga secedes● Khartoum — Sudan’s dawn◆ Kigali, April 1994● Lagos — Nigeria at midnight● Luanda — Angola, and instant war● Léopoldville — the Congo’s five days● Mandela walks free● Maputo — Mozambique is free● Nairobi — Uhuru● Nkrumah overthrown◆ Philippeville● Pretoria — the inauguration◆ Sharpeville◆ Soweto◆ Steve Biko◆ Sétif and Guelma● The All-African Peoples’ Conference● The Arusha Declaration✕ The Battle of Algiers✕ The Biafran front● The Brazzaville Conference● The Hani assassination● The OAU is founded✕ The Ogaden War✕ The Suez Crisis● The election — 27 April 1994✕ The fall of Kampala◆ The murder of Lumumba● Tripoli — the Kingdom of Libya● Windhoek — Namibia’s long wait ends◆ Wiriyamu
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