MAPS OF HISTORY · The Decolonization of Africa · ALL CHAPTERS · 1960
The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994 · THE MAP IN 1960
1960 — The Year of Africa
WHAT CHANGES ON THE MAP
| Cameroon | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Togo | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Madagascar | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Congo / Zaïre | Portuguese, Belgian, Spanish & Italian-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Somalia | Portuguese, Belgian, Spanish & Italian-ruled → Independent Africa |
| British Somaliland | British-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Benin (Dahomey) | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Niger | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Côte d’Ivoire | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Chad | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Central African Republic | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Congo-Brazzaville | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Gabon | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Senegal | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Mali (French Sudan) | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Nigeria | British-ruled → Independent Africa |
| Mauritania | French-ruled → Independent Africa |
ON THE GROUND
- the Congo Crisis: secession, mutiny and the UN’s first war, 1960–65
THE CHAPTERS OF THIS MOMENT
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