Preceden

Coloism

angolia

end of slave export

1836

End of slaves total

1875

benguela railroad construction

1902

African tax

1906

start of portugese colonialism

1926

creation of the authoritarian New State (Estado Novo), marked the advent of modern Portuguese colonialism

The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola; MPLA) was founded

1956

guerrilla war

1961 - 1974

Portugese withdrew from Angolia

1975

Ghana

British take control

1874

the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was the first nationalist movement with the aim of self-government

august 1947

riots became a thing

1948

Kwame Nkrumah created his Convention People's Party (CPP)

1949

Nkrumah calls for a national strike and is jailed for his demands for independence.

1950

Nkrumah is released from jail after CPP wins the first election for the Legislative Assembly.

1951

ghana becomes independant

march 6th 1957

Nkrumah is appointed president of the republic.

1960