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Organisation of African Unity (1963)

On the Decolonization of Africa map as “The OAU is founded”

25 May 1963 — Thirty-two heads of state meet in Addis Ababa to found the Organisation of African Unity, and a year later pledge to keep the borders inherited from empire — a choice historians still debate as guarantor of peace or freezer of injustice.

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Turning point
Chapter
Africa after independence (chapter 7 of Decolonization of Africa)
Atlas
The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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Map showing Organisation of African Unity (1963), turning point in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
TURNING POINT · THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA, 1945–1994

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