African Independence

The problem in africa of building independent nations was hard because of the european imperialist who had divided up the continent also leaving the countries unprepared to face with independence. In africa they formed a movement called the negritude movement,  a movement to celebrate african culture. One of the leaders in this movement was named Leopold Senghor who then later became president of senegal. Kwame Nkrumah was the leader of the africans largeley nonviolent protest whospent several years studying in the untied states. In 1957 the gold coast took the name Ghana. Nkrumah became Ghana's president for life Nkrumah then made new roads, new schools and expanded health facilities.