Assess the Extent to which the Different Powers Prepared 'Their' African Colonies for Independence.

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Paul Gillen

Contemporary Africa

Module Essay

Tutor: Jill Payne

Assess the Extent to which the Different Powers Prepared 'Their' African Colonies for Independence.

Many believe, in historical and political circles, that the decolonisation of Asia was the beginning of the decolonisation of Africa. It began with the New Delhi Conference (1949) and culminated in the Bandung Conference which created the wish of African and Asian countries to 'study and examine their mutual and common interests'. Even though the member states at the conference were drawn between the politics of the west and the socialist bloc, it still came down to the opposition of colonisation. There were no political or military repercussions but more a sense of psychological results, as L. Sayer refers to it as the 'Bandung thunderstorm'. The movement soon gathered pace and extended its influence to those countries who did not even attend who then began to aspire to the general nationalistic feeling throughout the 1950s and 60s. In this essay I will assess the extent at which the different colonial nations prepared their empires for decolonisation. The colonial powers that I will look at will include; Britain, France Belgium and Portugal,