HISTORY + VIDEO: States of Independence - The Scramble for Africa

STATES OF INDEPENDENCE

- The Scramble for Africa

Seventeen African nations gained their independence in 1960, but the dreams of the independence era were short-lived. 

Africa states of independence tells the story of some of those countries - stories of mass exploitation, of the ecstasy of independence and of how - with liberation - a new, covert scramble for resources was born.

[September 2, 2010]