Title: The Cold War in Independent Africa – Writing Anthology
Headings: The Cold War in Independent Africa
Writing Anthology
The Cold War in Independent Africa
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Content: Furthermore, Kennedy could not antagonize NATO members who were also colonial powers. The effects of the Cold War on Africa were stifling. In many respects. It was a second scramble for Africa. The great powers (in this case the Soviet Union and the U.S.) wanted Africa simply to prevent each other from possessing it African economic and political development was hindered; independence was often delayed. Neither the Soviet goal of socialist development nor the American goal of democratic nationhood were realized from the vast opportunities present in independent Africa. The election of John F. Kennedy appeared to be a milestone in U.S.-African relations. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kennedy had been in close contact with many African nationalist leaders. Showing his support for African nationalism, Kennedy, in 1957, criticized Eisenhowers non-involvement policy toward French colonialism in Algeria.