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Abd Al-Qadir's movement was unique from other independence movements because the main call to action was for Islam rather than nationalism. [1] Abd Al-Qadir fought the French for nearly two decades, but was defeated when the Tijaniyya Brotherhood agreed to submit to French rule as long as "they were allowed to exercise freely the rites of their ...
To Gain independence from Algeria on July 5, 1962) Political party: Mouvement D'Auto-Détermination De la Kabylie (MAK) Rebel organization: Front de Libération Nationale is calling for its dissolution. The French is describing it as a terrorist movement. Parallel government: Provisional
Scramble for Africa: Africa in the years 1880 and 1913, just before the First World War. The Scramble for Africa between 1870 and 1914 was a significant period of European imperialism in Africa that ended with almost all of Africa, and its natural resources, claimed as colonies by European powers, who raced to secure as much land as possible while avoiding conflict amongst themselves.
The Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA), later renamed the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East, Central and Southern Africa (PAFMECSA) was a political and Pan-Africanist organisation that was formed to campaign for the independence of the countries of East and Central Africa (and later Southern Africa [1] [2]) from colonial and white minority rule. [3]
Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe – Social Democratic Party; Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda; Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa; Movement of the People; Independence movements in Mozambique
Kenneth Kaunda, a leading Zambian independence activist, pictured at a political rally in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1960.. African nationalism is an umbrella term which refers to a group of political ideologies in West, Central, East and Southern Africa, which are based on the idea of national self-determination and the creation of nation states. [1]
Pages in category "Independence movements" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total. ... African independence movements; African-American self ...
The United Nations General Assembly, by resolution 3247 (XXIX) of 29 November 1974, decided to invite also the nationalist movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity (OAU, later transformed into the AU) and/or by the League of Arab States (AL) in their respective regions to participate in the United Nations Conference on the Representation of States in Their Relations with ...