Social Sciences and History / Unit 4 SSH 0338 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Decolonization and the Non-Aligned
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The idea
Africa's independence came as fast as its conquest: Ghana in nineteen fifty-seven under Nkrumah, peaceful; Algeria, violent. Movements that avoided communist rhetoric escaped the superpowers; Iran's oil nationalization brought a coup in nineteen fifty-three.
In practice
Bandung in nineteen fifty-five founding the Non-Aligned Movement.
Where people slip
Vietnam shows an independence struggle turned proxy war by its socialism.
Your place on the trail
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