HIST 1150 Chapter : Week 7: Decolonization and its Aftermath: Africa and Asia
11 Dec 2011
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Week 7: decolonization and its aftermath: africa and asia. Since 1945, sub-saharan africa has passes through three periods: 1960-1990 were one"s of formal independence, incomplete mass-mobilization, state-dominated economic policy, and ongoing dependency. Since 1990, the post cold war period has meant the retreat of. There were new demands for democratization and development. Throughout history, many africans display great creativity, including tutu, soyinka, and maathai, who all won. African"s faced the challenge of mobilizing energy in order to achieve development. In the middle east and north africa, between 1945 and the early 1970s, foreign-ruled countries won independence. A process of radicalization touched off in the arab world by the 1948 war and the creation of the state of israel. Middle eastern oil helped fuel the global economic boom.
