Year of Africa

1960 is known as the Year of Africa.

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Granted independence in 1960 from France

Granted independence in 1960 from the United Kingdom.

Granted independence in 1960 from Belgium

1960 was also the year of Harold Macmillan's Wind of Change speech in South Africa, which represented an admission by the British political elite that the British Empire was over and could not be revived. This inspired a reaction from the Empire Loyalist wing of the Conservative Party; see Conservative Monday Club.

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