African Independence

Africa changed alot between the 1960's and the 80's. The people of Africa began to study and become more inteligent people. More and more people began to go to college and ge there education. The african people started to rise up and become a nation. Cultures started to emerge and the nations of Africa were finally being recognized. In the result of this there were many different leaders that sprang out of this uprising. Some leaders would be Leopold Senghor, who leaded Sengal and later became president, Kwame Nkrumah who was Ghana's first prime minister, Marcus Garvey, whos goal was to lead Europeans out of Africa and have Africa ruled by Africans. Jomo Kenyatta led Kenya through a very hard earned independence.