African Independence

The continent of Africa changed so much in 20 years because many European countries such as Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Belgium wanted Africa's land for their own interest. These nations took control over much of Africa stealing their valuable natural resources such as diamonds, gold, silver, copper and rubber. This crippled the African nations' economy. These countries wanted to gain their independence. Some independence leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah made boycotts, speeches and non violent protests in order to convince Ghanan people to fight for their country and to become independent from the British. Kwame Nkrumah eventually became the prime minister of Ghana, and then president for life and led the country until his death.Another independence leader was Jomo Kenyatta who was a Kenyan nationalist who created and organization called the Mau Mau which is a secret society of people who try to scare British farmers to move out of the highlands. He became the president of Kenya and lead it. Most of the nations became independent by 1975 and governed their own countries with their own laws.