Conflicts
- European colonies had carved boundaries not corresponding to economic or ethnic divisions
- As a result, achieving national unity was difficult
- Numerous conflicts between tribes within a state
- Poverty increased tensions, which made the absence of adequate administration and welfare programs more prominent
- Poverty also prevented nations form having a capital that could have contributed to a sound political and economic infrastructure
Picture above represents the 32 members that created the organization of African Unity
Picture below shows when the different countries gained their independence
Picture below shows when the different countries gained their independence
Aftermath of Decolonization
- Organization of African Unity (OAU) created in 1963
- Recognized problems and attempted to prevent conflicts that could lead to intervention by former colonial powers
- The Artificial Boundaries were recognized as problematic, but were nonetheless held unreachable by the OAU
- Pan-African Unity was promoted by Kwame Nkhrumah
- P-A unity was another way for states to resist interference and domination from foreign powers
- African nations were unable to avoid internal Conflicts
- Politics evolved into dictatorial one-party rule
- Party leaders foregoing multiparty elections, ending politics divisiveness
- Some nations fell under military rule
- South Africa managed in part to solve its political crisis and discord, providing a model for multiethnic African Transformation even as ethnic violence flared.
Kwame Nkhrumah
picture to the left shows Kwame Nkrumah |
Video gives great explantations on the independence movements