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Post-WWII De-Colonization

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The end of WWII brought big changes around the world, not the least of which occur in the increasingly decolonized continent of Africa. This slideshow details the developing countries of Ghana, Kenya, Congo, Nigeria, and South Africa, to name a few. Viewers will be outraged over the violation of civil liberties in these countries as they work on becoming more developed - and in some cases, more dangerous.

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africa, colonization, globalization, the cold war, the soviet union, the united nations, world war ii

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africa, african independence, cold war, colonization, globalization, kwame nkrumah, united nations, ussr, wwii, de-colonization, social studies
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9th - 11th
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Social Studies & History
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