 Kutevera Hondo Yenyika II, kurwira rusununguko kwakatanga muWest Africa yose, kunyanya muGhana pasi pepan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah 1909-1972. Pashure pemakore gumi okuratidzira, mhirizhonga uye kurwisana, French West Africa yakavhotera kuzvitonga mu1958 referendamu, yakakamurwa kuva nyika dzanhasi; mazhinji emakoloni eBritish akawana kuzvitonga mumakore gumi akatevera. Ghana yakava nyika yokutanga yeAfrica iri kumaodzanyemba kweSahara kuwana rusununguko muna 1957, ichiteverwa neGuinea ichitungamirirwa naSekou Touré gore rakatevera racho. Pamarudzi 17 akawana rusununguko rwawo muna 1960, Gore reAfrica, mapfumbamwe akanga ari nyika dzeWest Africa. Vanababa vazhinji vakatanga nyika dzekuWest Africa, vakaita saNkrumah, Touré, Senghor, Modibo Keïta, Sylvanus Olympio, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Siaka Stevens naAbubakar Tafawa Balewa, vakasimbisa simba ravo mumakore ekuma1960 mushure mekuwana kuzvitonga kuburikidza nekuparadza zvishoma nezvishoma masangano edemokrasi uye nzanga yevagari. Muna 1973, Guinea-Bissau yakazivisa rusununguko rwayo kubva kuPortugal, uye yakazivikanwa nenyika yose zvichitevera 1974 Carnation RevolutionmuPortugal. 