The Fate Of Africa Sparknotes

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As African states became independent from European powers several challenges occurred. First, Ethnicity and Religion served as a challenge to create a unified national identity after colonialism. This issue was because Europeans carved up Africa with very little knowledge about their identities. Therefore, when creating tribes these ethnic groups were divided. As a result, during independence, the Africans encountered several difficulties when building their nation states.

The “Fate of Africa” by Martin Meredith it gives the reader an insight on prominent political leaders views on the best way to build a stable independent nation-state and free themselves from the European powers. In chapter four it discusses the French and there fourteen