1960 CE
Africa changes as the UN declares a right to independence
British Empire · Colonization & sovereignty · Resistance & colonized agency · Decolonization & independence · Ideas, knowledge & culture
In Cape Town Harold Macmillan acknowledged the “wind of change” of African nationalism; he did not create it. That year British Somaliland, Cyprus, and Nigeria became independent, and the General Assembly adopted Resolution 1514 against colonialism, establishing self-determination as an international norm
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