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In 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill met to discuss the postwar world. The result was the Atlantic Charter. One of the provisions in this document that was introduced by Roosevelt was the autonomy of imperial colonies. Therefore after World War II, there was pressure on Britain to abide by the terms of the Atlantic Charter. When Winston Churchill introduced the Charter to Parliament, he purposely mistranslated the colonies to be recently captured countries by Germany in order to get it passed. After the war, African colonies were still considered "children" and "immature" therefore democratic government was only introduced at the local levels.
By the 1930s, the colonial powers had carefully cultivated a small elite of leaders educated in Western universities and familiar with ideas such as self-determination. These leaders, including Some major nationalist leaders were Kenyatta (Kenya), Nkrumah (Gold Coast, Ghana), Senghor (Senegal), and Houphouët-Boigny (Côte d'Ivoire) came to lead...

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Title: African Decolonization
Approximate word count: 1621
Approximate pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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1. African Decolonization
   

   African decolonization. In 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill met to discuss
   the postwar world. The result was the Atlantic Charter. One ...

2. Role Of African Elites In Dismantling Decolonization
   

   role of african elites in dismantling decolonization. Colonial literature
   FK Omoregie, English Department, University of Botswana ...

3. Impact Of Nationalist Movements Against Western Colonialism And ...
   

   ... It also highlights the fleeting episode of colonialism in African history. ... It also
   supports my paper by providing details on the decolonization of Africa and ...

4. The Importance Of The Role Played By The Educated Elite In The ...
   

   ... held onto power over the disenfranchised and repressed black African populations
   well ... of apartheid in S. Africa in 1990 that decolonization finally reached all ...

5. Political Parties In Africa
   

   ... Decolonization and independence came very rapidly to many African states, and their
   inexperience in respect of how to run a government has told quite severely ...