Browsing: Independence

Libya gained independence from Italy on December 24, 1951, becoming the first country to do so through the United Nations. Yet many analysts argue that it…

Africa got flag independence, while the colonisers retained the tools of power – such as control of Africa’s economies via chokehold institutions like the World Bank…

Year after year, Burkina Faso, like so many African countries, would celebrate independence days without knowing true independence. Today, with the new people-backed revolutionary government in…

The spirit of Mau Mau, Kenya’s fearless anti-colonial Land and Freedom Army (1952-60) that spearheaded the country’s struggle for independence from British rule, was rekindled at…

Dedan Kimathi is a name that is etched into the history of Kenya, and today, we celebrate what would have been his 104th birthday. Kimathi was…

The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC) fought and died for both the independence and unity of Cameroon, as well as that of Africa, but…

Most African countries adopted a Eurocentric form of education at Independence. But there is a school in Kenya disrupting the colonial form of education. Children in…