how did africa win freedom?

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Answer 1

for one thing, africa is made up of over 50 independent nations who were ruled by varying colonial nations, including england, france, belgium and portugal. each state had varying dates for and methods to achieving independence. sound like you'll bomb! this is a very complex question.

Answer 2

Africa never DID win freedom. Freedom was granted to Africa at the choosing of the former colonial powers of Europe.

Answer 3

I will give you a serious answer. The great success in becoming free nations came after World War II and that was because many of the colonial nations were European and they made the promise of freedom to insure that the colonies would not side with Axis powers. England and France were large colonials powers and they relied heavily on the colonies during the war. Its important to recognize that many of the colonies had large European populations and many of them were second and third generation colonists who considered themselves to members of that colony. Good examples of these were Rhodesia, South Africa and some others that had strong western populations who were not too keen on independence. India was promised freedom and sent thousands of troops to help Britain and also declined invitations from the Japanese to join them in a war that they also promised India freedom if they sided with them. France had many colonies as well and two that were very important were Vietnam and Algeria. These were important because of what occurred after WWII. The French decided to not free Vietnam immediately after the war after making these promises to Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese leader. The Vietnamese revolted, sujpported heavily by Communist countries like Russia and China and eventually became a terrible military loss for the the French. The UN split that nation into a north end, under the Communists and the south, a free democracy. The situation never was settled and America was drawn into war there in the 60;s and 70's. Also the French tried to relinquish control of Algeria to locals but the French/Algerian populations resisted militarily and a brutal civil war went on with the French Army opposing the French colonists though there were many instances of the French Army not fighting hard against the colonists.
Gerrmany had many colonies as well and lost them after WWII in the treaties. There were Germany colonies in the Pacific and in Africa and they were freed at the end of the war. The Japanese had some colonies but mostly they took over colonies during the war, promising the populations freedom from France, England and Dutch if they would not resist them and help in the war. After the war, Japan lost control of Okinawa to the US and just regained it in the mid 70'sthough there are still troops there.
In africa Germany lost colonies, the French lost control of colonies including Mozambique and others, and England lost many. South Africa was free of England before the war but remained a member of the British Commonwealth as is Canada.The US supported the freedom of colonies after the war and the European countries ageed, reluctantly but felt sure they could continue to dominant these colonies and to control their natural resources and economy.
Try some of this, and it may help you but there is a great deal of information that I have no time to type in.
Your question is complicated but this might help you get by.

Answer 4

Do you mean the country of South Africa?
Free from what?

Answer 5

It was not so much a case of African nations "winning" freedom so much as their colonial possessors decideding it was too expensive to keep dumping money into them for not much of a return.

Answer 6

BY FORCING OUT THE INTRUDERS.