Strayer, Chapter 23

On the mid-1970s was the age of Independence for Africans, as colony after colony, with more then fifty total emerged into freedom.  There was more extended freedom struggles and the two were India and South Africa.  India was one of the first colonies to achieve independence and was a model for others to do the same, India was an inspiration.  As South Africa was one of the last to be free from the domination of whites.  In 1970s, few regimes were left among the new states of Africa, and many popular political parties went into the struggle for independence and lost many support from others.  Achieving economic development  provided great difficulty They took place by religion, ethnic group, and gender. All the countries have many stories to tell and many untold stories, with tis, many historians write from the middle of the stream.