Title: 
Headings: Nationalism & Independence in Africa
Nationalism
 
&
 
Independence
 
in
 
Africa
 

KENYA
 

NIGERIA
 

SOUTH
 
AFRICA
 


Content: The
 
stories
 
below
 
will
 
connect
 
the
 
relationship
 
of
 
nationalism
 
to
 
independence
 
in
 
three
 
African
 
countries
 
–
 
Kenya,
 
Nigeria,
 
and
 
South
 
Africa. One
 
of
 
the
 
biggest
 
factors
 
in
 
the
 
developing
 
of
 
African
 
nationalism
 
was
 
a
 
movement
 
known
 
as
 
Pan-Africanism. The
 
Pan-African
 
movement
 
began
 
in
 
the
 
late
 
1800s. It
 
pointed
 
out
 
the
 
common
 
bond
 
shared
 
by
 
people
 
of
 
African
 
descent
 
and
 
called
 
for
 
unity
 
among
 
African
 
people. Pan-Africanism
 
can
 
include
 
just
 
black
 
Africans,
 
all
 
black
 
people
 
throughout
 
the
 
world,
 
or
 
even
 
all
 
people
 
living
 
on
 
the
 
African
 
continent. The
 
call
 
for
 
unity
 
by
 
Pan-Africanism
 
encouraged
 
nationalism
 
among
 
many
 
Africans
 
and
 
helped
 
many
 
African
 
countries
 
become
 
independent. KENYA
 
In
 
Kenya,
 
Europeans
 
had
 
been
 
exploiting
 
and
 
taking
 
advantage
 
of
 
this
 
part
 
of
 
Africa
 
for
 
almost
 
450
 
years
 
before
 
it
 
became
 
an
 
official
 
European
 
colony. By
 
1920
 
however,
 
Great
 
Britain
 
officially
 
made
 
Kenya
 
a
 
British
 
colony. Under
 
colonial
 
rule,
 
black
 
people
 
were
 
not
 
allowed
 
to
 
participate
 
in
 
government
 
until
 
1944. At
 
this
 
point
 
in
 
time,
 
there
 
were
 
few
 
black
 
people
 
who
 
were
 
allowed
 
to
 
run
 
and
 
hold
 
office.