... The colonial powers that I will look at will include; Britain, France Belgium and Portugal, with the main focus lying on the dominant two of Britain and France. In each case I will look at; the problems faced by the colonial powers (inside and outside the colonies), the political, social and economical institutions which were left for the African states, and finally I will look at the short term and contemporary impacts of the colonial power's efforts. I will begin by looking at the British preparations for their colonies. The classic British doctrine was to evolve their colonies over time into self governing bodies, and whilst this had happened in the majority of British protectorates it had not even begun in Africa. After World War II the Atlee government brought African affairs to the forefront of British Foreign policy and recognised the African states rights to self determination through political, ...

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