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This page contains two charts:
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The year when each country became independent
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Each country's Independence Day
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The
Year When African Countries Gained Their Independence |
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1847
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Liberia
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1951
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Egypt
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1956
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Sudan,
Tunisia, Morocco
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1957
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Ghana
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1958
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Guinea
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1960
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Chad, Benin,
Nigeria, Ivory Coast,
Madagascar,
Central African
Republic, Mali, Niger,
Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Togo, Zaire, Somalia,
Congo, Gabon, Cameroon
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1961
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Sierra Leone,
South Africa (recognized as the Republic of South Africa,
the indigenous people (Black Africans), were living under
apartheid, and thus not truly independent)
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1962
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Algeria, Burundi,
Rwanda, Uganda
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1963
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Kenya,
Tanzania
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1964
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Malawi, Zambia
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1965
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Gambia
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1966
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Botswana,
Lesotho
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1968
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Equatorial
Guinea, Mauritius, Swaziland
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1969
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Guinea-Bissau,
Libya
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1975
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Angola, Cape
Verde, Comoros, Mozambique, Sao Tome
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1976
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Seychelles
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1977
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Djibouti
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1980
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Zimbabwe
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1990
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Namibia
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1994 |
Indigenous Africans — Black
Africans — free from apartheid in South Africa |
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Source:
Africa
is Not a Country, It's a Continent by
Dr. Arthur Lewin
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Independence
Day of Each African Country |
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January
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February |
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1
Cameroon, Sudan
2 Libya
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18
Gambia
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March
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April |
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2
Morocco
6 Ghana
12 Mauritius
20 Tunisia
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27
Sierra Leone
27 Togo
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May
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June |
18
Zimbabwe
31 South Africa *(see 1961 and 1994 above) |
20
Mali, Senegal |
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25
Mozambique |
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July |
26
Somalia, Madagascar |
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1
Rwanda |
27
Djibouti |
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5
Algeria, Cape Verde
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29
Seychelles |
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6
Comoros, Malawi |
30
Zaire |
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12 Sao
Tome & Principe
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September
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26
Liberia
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6
Swaziland |
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August
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10 Guinea-Bissau |
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1 Benin
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October
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3 Niger
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1
Nigeria |
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5
Burkina Faso
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4
Lesotho |
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7
Ivory Coast
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9
Uganda |
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11 Chad
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12
Equatorial Guinea |
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13 Central
African Republic
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24
Zambia |
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15 Congo
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November
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17 Gabon
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11
Angola |
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December
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28
Mauritania |
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10
Tanzania
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Source:
Africa
is Not a Country, It's a Continent by
Dr. Arthur Lewin
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12 Kenya
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Independence
Years and
