A | B |
Mohandas Gandhi | leads India Independence |
Nelson Mandela | fights apartheid in South Africa |
Jomo Kenyatta | leads Kenya to independence from Britain |
Ho Chi Minh | leads Vietnam to independence from France |
Algeria | had a violent struggle for independence against French |
West Africa | saw peaceful transition to independence |
France, Britain, Beligium, Portugal | lose colonies after World War II |
United Nations Charter | said African colonies had right to "self-determination" |
Vietnam (former Indochina) | French colony |
Congo | Belgium colony |
Egypt | wins control of Suez Canal from Britain |
Rwanda | genocide here: Hutus kill Tutsi |
"apartheid" | segregation policy in South Africa |
"self-determination" | means you are free to make choices |
religious differences | Why India was divided at independence |
Civil War fought between | East and West Pakistan (Pakistan and Bangladesh) |