Bridging Eras

On December 12th, Great Britain granted Kenya independence within the British Commonwealth. Its first leader was Jomo Kenyatta.

Representatives of 30 of the 32 independent nations of Africa met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to create the Organization of African Unity (OAU). An outgrowth of the Pan-Africanist movement started…

Until independence, Burundi was a part of the Belgian Mandated Territory. It petitioned the U.N. for full independence which was granted in 1962. Burundi remained under the domination of the…

Uganda (Yuganda in Ugandan languages), officially the Republic of Uganda (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Ugandaa nne), is a country in East Africa Uganda was ruled by the British beginning in the late 1800s and it gained independence on Oct. 9, 1962.

In December 1961, Tanganyika was given the status of an independent state within the British Commonwealth after strong pressure was exerted by the Tanganyika National Union led by Julius Nyere…