Question

Why did mass decolonization occure in Africa following World War II?

Answer 1

Is it multiple choose question?

Answer 2

That is a very interesting question, though the answer is not simple

Answer 3

Before talking about de-colonization, we must also put it in another context as to what happened within non-colonized countries after WWII

Answer 4

For example Mao's cultural revolution

Answer 5

Frances 1968 uprising

Answer 6

US and the anti-Vietnam protests

Answer 7

Then you also have to look at Africa country by country to understand what happened where, and what support (or not) each one received.

Answer 8

I also draw your attention to Singapore breaking from Malaysia, and Pakistand splitting from India

Answer 9

These times were particulcarly chalenging everwhere, and questioning of National identities and also of power and decisions structures became the norm (pre-WWII people accepted them

Answer 10

maybe people in N Africa got a bit fed up with the 1939 - 1949 war in the desert and the German attempted grabbing of oil in the neighbourhood ? Or maybe they were/are semi nomadic in the first place ?