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Afrii Diaspora Dialogue
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Independence Days, Africa & Caribbean

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Khamisi June 18, 2024
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Africa

CountryDate of IndependenceNotesColonial EmpireRegion
Algeria05 July 1962FranceNorth Africa
Angola11 November 1975Portugal
Benin01 August 1960FrenchWest Africa
Botswana30 September 1966Britain
Burkina Faso05 August 1960France
Burundi01 July 1962Belgium
Cameroon01 January 1960French-administered UN trusteeship
Cape Verde05 July 1975Portugal
Central African RepublicAugust 1960France
Chad11 August 1960France
Comoros06 July 1975France
Congo Republic15 August 1960France
Congo Democratic Republic30 June 1960Belgium
Cote d’Ivoire07 August 1960France
Djibouti27 June 1977France
Egypt28 February 1922Britain
Equatorial Guinea12 October 1968Spain
Eritrea24 May 1993Ethiopia
Eswatini06 September 1968(formerly Swaziland)Britain
Ethiopiaover 2000 years,
Never colonized		(formerly)
Kingdom of Aksum		—
Gabon17 August 1960France
Gambia18 February 1965Britain
Ghana06 March 1957Gold CoastGold Coast The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas. This former region is now known as the country Ghana.The Gold Coast was to the east of the Ivory Coast and to the west of the Slave Coast.Britain
Guinea02 October 1958France
Guinea-Bissau10 September 1974
24 September 1973		Portugal
Kenya12 December 12th, 1963Britain
Lesotho04 October 1966Britain
Liberia26 July 1847American colonization Society
Libya24 December 1951Italy
Madagascar26 June 1960France
Malawi06 July 1964Britain
Mali22 September 1960France
Mauritania28 November 1960France
Mauritius12 March 1968Britain
Morocco02 March 1956France
Mozambique25 June 1975Portugal
Namibia21 March 1990South African mandate
Niger03 August 1960France
Nigeria01 October 1960Britain
Rwanda01 July 1962Belgium administered UN trusteeship
São Tomé and Príncipe12 July 12th; 1975Portugal
Senegal04 April 1960France
Seychelles29 June 1976Britain
Sierra Leone27 April 1961BritainWest Africa
Somalia01 July 1960British Somaliland
Italian Somaliland		Britain,
Italy
South Africa11 December 1931,
April 1994 (end of apartheid)		Union of South AfricaBritain
Sudan01 January 1956Egypt, Britain
Tanzania26 April 196426 April 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.

09 December 1961, Tanganyika gained its independence from the British Empire.

10 December 1963, Zanzibar gained its independence from the British Empire.		Britain
Togo27 April 1960French administered UN trusteeship
Tunisia20 March 1956France
Uganda09 October 1962Britain
Zambia24 October 1964Britain
Zimbabwe18 April 1980Britain

The Caribbean

CountryDate of IndependenceColonial EmpireRegion
Haiti01 January 1804FranceThe Caribbean
Dominican Republic27 February 1844Haiti
The Caribbean
Cuba20 May 1902Spain
The Caribbean
Jamaica06 August 1962United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago31 August 1962United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Guyana26 May 1966United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Barbados30 November 1966United Kingdom
The Caribbean
The Bahamas10 July 1973United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Grenada07 February 1974United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Suriname25 November 1975The Netherlands
The Caribbean
Dominica03 November 1978United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Saint Lucia22 February 1979United Kingdom
The Caribbean
St. Vincent and the Grenadines27 October 1979United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Belize21 September 1981United Kingdom
The Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda01 November 1981United Kingdom
The Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis19 September 1983United Kingdom
The Caribbean
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