African Independence

Many African leaders supported independence of their country from Britain and worked hard to get it. In the 1940s, one of the leaders, Kwame Nkrumah, had led the Africans who live on the Gold Coast to independence. The British nominated more Africans to the Legislative Council. However, the Africans wanted elected representatives, not nominated ones. So, Nkrumah organized strikes and boycotts. Despite being apprehended by the British government, his efforts worked, became the first prime minister, and the country became known as Ghana.

Kenya also gained its independence from the British with the help of Jomo Kenyatta, who is a nationalist. Kenyan farmers were kicked out of their lands by the British, and some of them came together and made a group called the Mau Mau. Their objective was to frighten the British from their lands. Kenyatta opposed to the idea, yet he didn't stop them. He leaded the rest of the civilians to independence, and in 1963, they gained their independence.