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There are several unique focuses for 2025. I covered the first 12 in Part One. The following are the rest I have discovered for this year. As with all issues of LEEP Ink, the following descriptions are a...
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The ALD was founded in 1958 when Kwame Nkrumah convened the First Conference of Independent States in Accra, Ghana. Eight independent African states attended the event. In commemoration, April 15 was declared Africa Freedom Day to mark each year of progress via the liberation movement. The day symbolizes the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation, often referred to as either imperialism or colonialism.
Between 1958 and 1963, national and class struggles intensified in Africa and the developing world. Seventeen African countries won independence over this period, and 1960 was proclaimed the "Year of Africa."
The United States and European countries were primarily responsible for the colonialization and exploitive endeavors in the developing world during the last few centuries. For example, during the 1960s, the US government carried out assassinations and attempts on several of Africa's new leaders. The French attempted to hold on to Algiers, resulting in a bloody uprising. The Dutch, Portuguese, and British likewise attended to issues in the region stemming from their previous hold, forcing Africa to organize. On May 25, 1963, thirty-one African heads of state convened a summit to found the Organization of African Unity (OAU). African Freedom Day was later changed to African Liberation Day and moved to May 25 in memory of this meeting.
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