INDEPENDENCE: HERE ARE THE LIST OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THEIR INDEPENDENCE DATES 

Did you know that the only country that couldn't be colonized due to strong resistance by the indigenes was Ethiopia, and Liberia which was a place for freed slaves from the Americas?

In the 17th century AD, European countries scrambled for and partitioned Africa. This continued until around 1905, by which time all the lands and resources of the continent of Africa had been completely divided and colonized by European countries. The struggle for independence started after world war II. This led to the independence of the Union of South Africa in 1931 through negotiations with the British empire and Libya in 1951 from Italy; followed by others in the late 1950s. 

The road to African independence was very hard and tortuous often through bloody fights, revolts and assassinations. For example; Britain unilaterally granted "The Kingdom of Egypt" independence on February 22nd 1922 after a series of revolts, but continued to interfere in government. More violent revolts led to the signing of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty in 1936 and a coupe d'etat tagged Egyptian Revolution in 1952 finally culminated in the Egyptian Republic declaration of June 18th, 1953. 

The peak year for independence came in 1960 when about 17 countries gained independence. These independence days are now celebrated as national day holidays in most countries of Africa. 

Here is a list of all African countries and their Independence days, colonial names and former colonizers in that order:

1) Algeria – 5 July 1962 France

2) Angola – 11 November 1975 Portugal

3) Benin – 1 August 1960 French

4) Botswana – 30 September 1966 Britain

5) Burkina Faso – 5 August 1960 France

6) Burundi – 1 July 1962 Belgium

7) Cameroon – 1 January 1960 French-administered UN trusteeship

8) Cape Verde – 5 July 1975 Portugal

9) C.A.R – 13 August 1960 France

10) Chad – 11 August 1960 France

11) Comoros – 6 July 1975 France

12) Congo – 15 August 1960 France

13) Congo DR – 30 June 1960 Belgium

14) Cote d'Ivoire – 7 August 1960 France

15) Djibouti – 27 June 1977 France

16) Egypt – 28 February 1922 Britain

17) Equitorial Guinea – 12 October 1968 Spain

18) Eritrea – 24 May 1993 Ethiopia

19) Ethiopia – over 2000 years (Kingdom of Aksum) never colonized

20) Gabon – 17 August 1960 France

21) Gambia – 18 February 1965 Britain

22} Ghana – 6 March 1957 (Gold Coast) Britain

23) Guinea – 2 October 1958 France

24) Guinea Bissau – 24 September 1973 Portugal

25) Kenya – 12 December 1963 Britain

26) Lesotho – 4 October 1966 Britain

27) Liberia – 26 July 1847 American colonization Society

28) Libya – 24 December 1951 Italy

29) Madagascar – 26 June 1960 France

30) Malawi – 6 July 1964 Britain

31) Mali – 22 September 1960 France

32) Mauritania – 28 November 1960 France

33) Mauritius – 12 March 1968 Britain

34) Morocco – 2 March 1956 France

35) Mozambique – 25 June 1975 Portugal

36) Namibia – 21 March 1990 South African mandate

37) Niger – 3 August 1960 France

38) Nigeria – 1 October 1960 Britain

39) Rwanda – 1 July 1962 Belgium administered UN trusteeship

40) Sao Tome Principe – 12 July 1975 Portugal

41) Senegal – 4 April 1960 France

42) Seychelles – 29 June 1976 Britain

43) Sierra Leone – 27 April 1961 Britain

44) Somalia – 1 July 1960 (British Somaliland / Italian Somaliland) Britain & Italy

45) South Africa – 11 December 1931, April 1994 (end of apartheid, Union of South Africa) Britain

46) Sudan – 1 January 1956 Egypt & Britain

47) Swaziland – 6 September 1968 Britain

48) Tanzania – 26 April 1964 Britain

49) Togo – 27 April 1960 French administered UN trusteeship

50) Tunisia – 20 March 1956 France

51) Uganda – 9 October 1962 Britain

52) Zambia – 24 October 1964 Britain

53) Zimbabwe – 18 April 1980 Britain