Story of African Independence – Ghana
GHANAGhana was the golden boy and pride of British African colonial rule. Called the Gold Coast at the time it had a wealth of resources the most prominent of which was cocoa. One of the leading exporters of the product, many farmers became wealthy from trade and became part of an elite in Ghanaian society. […]
The Story of African Independence – Tunisia and Morocco
We dealt with Algeria in our last look at the Maghreb. Now we’ll look at Tunisia and Morocco – the 2 other countries in the region – before rejoining Algeria’s tumultuous independence story in our conclusion. Both Tunisia and Morocco were run as protectorates and were not as important to the French government who would […]
The Story of African Independence – French Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
Our story on African independence continues with a look at the French colonies that make up the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. You can see previous articles on Ghana and Egypt. The Maghreb France ruled Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia as part of their Maghreb, the Arabic name for North-West Africa and which means Land of […]
The Story of African Independence – Egypt
Obese and the arrogant nominal ruler of Egypt, King Farouk had all the trappings of wealth and then some with sprawling palaces, yachts, and a huge pornographic art collection. Playing poker in his palace on the night an alleged coup was supposed to take place, he brushed the speculation off calling the plotters a “bunch […]