The decolonisation of Africa was a series of political developments in Africa between the mid-1950s to 1976, during the Cold War. Colonial governments formed during the Scramble for Africa collapsed,
Equestrian statue of Leopold II of Belgium, the sovereign of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908, Regent Place in Brussels, Belgium
A Muslim mosque in Algeria
Monument to those killed in the first independence protest, the Sétif and Guelma massacre
Algerian women in the Algerian War of Independence
The Portuguese Colonial War, also known in Portugal as the Overseas War or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation, and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican Wars of Independ
Portuguese convoy in Angola Soldiers patrolling the forest Trucks in northern Angola Troops boarding a frigate in Guinea-Bissau
The Battle of Marracuene in 1895
The Battle of Coolela in 1895
Leader of FNLA Holden Roberto in 1973