What was the experience of Africans in British colonies during their struggle for independence? ...

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The experience of British African colonies differed, depending on the value Britain placed on those colonies. Colonies that had little economic value won their independence shortly after World War II, enduring little bloodshed or warfare in the process. One example is the Gold Coast, renamed Ghana after independence. Ghana won independence in 1947 under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah. Britain fought harder to retain Kenya, which had many wealthy European-owned plantations. British battles against Kenyan freedom fighters lasted until independence in 1964. In Rhodesia, after long struggle, majority rule prevailed and the country was renamed Zimbabwe. In South Africa, like Rhodesia, the white minority fought to retain political and economic power at the expense of the nonwhite African majority. The concept of apartheid, a policy of racial separation, was opposed by the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela in particular.