From Colonies to Nations: Africas Revolutionary Decade - W2W 05900:27:38

In the decade after World War II, Africa began to rise. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, millions who had fought in European wars returned home with a dangerous idea: freedom should not stop at Europes borders. From the Gold Coast to Kenya, from Sudan to the Congo, colonial rule began to crack under the pressure of protest, rebellion, and political awakening.
This episode explores how Africas revolutionary decade unfolded from peaceful mass movements to brutal counterinsurgency wars, from negotiations and elections to detention camps and guerrilla warfare. We follow the paths of leaders like Kwame Nkrumah, Sékou Touré, Julius Nyerere, and Patrice Lumumba, and the movements that reshaped an entire continent.
From the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to Ghanas independence, from Sudans negotiated break from empire to Guineas defiant No to France, this is the story of how colonial rule collapsed and why independence came with both hope and heavy costs.
By 1960, the age of European empire in Africa was over.
But the struggle for true sovereignty was only just beginning.
This is the birth of modern Africa and the moment the colonial world finally broke.

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Hosted by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Co-produced by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Creative Director: Iryna Dulka
Community Management: Anna Deinhard & Tom Aldis
Written by: Jesse Karami
Research by: Jesse Karami
Color grading and editing by: Iryna Dulka
Artwork by: Anna Deinhard
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

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The National Archives UK
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Harry Pot (ANEFO)

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Champions of Freedom STEMS INSTRUMENTS - Chronos
The Only Way Out - Dian Shuai
Through the Hallway - Dream Cave
Freedom Fighters - Jo Wandrini
Firebreak - Edward Karl Hanson
The Arctic - Jo Wandrini
The Ticking Heart - Jo Wandrini
Incertitude - Hanna Ekstrom
Paragons of Virtue - Jo Wandrini
In Nights Embrace - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Break Free - Fabien Tell
Suspension - Anna Dager
Strings and Savories - Jo Wandrini
Soft Touch STEMS MELODY - Edward Karl Hanson
Somethin to Talk About - Booker and the Yeomans

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