Observed arrival · 2026-09-11
Road to Uhuru: Mapping Africa’s Independence
An interactive historical documentary traces African independence through maps, timelines, political blocs, and competing explanations of decolonization.
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The project organizes decolonization into an animated map, a year-by-year independence sequence, and thematic comparisons between settler and non-settler colonies. Its timeline supplies dates, predecessor authorities, political leaders, and brief explanations, while separate sections examine the Casablanca and Monrovia groupings and the Organisation of African Unity. The visible material names 1960 as the independence peak and includes quoted speeches by Nkrumah, Lumumba, and Mandela.
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