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Turning point · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
Tripoli — the Kingdom of Libya
24 Dec 1951 — The former Italian colony, its fate handed to the young United Nations, becomes the first African state to reach independence by international vote rather than by revolt.
This is one scene of Chapter 2 — The First Doors in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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