Changes After Independence | History Form Four
Many countries in Africa achieved their independence in 1960s. thereafter, a process of economic reconstruction began. Topic Name: Changes in Political, Social and Economic Policies After Independence Reflection questions (a) Do you think the social, political and economic changes that happened after independence were necessary? (b) What should African countries do to achieve true and sustainable changes in the political, social and economic spheres? Background to post-colonial changes in political, social and economic policies African needed changes because of many challenges that has resulted from several decades of colonial domination. What African countries inherited after independence? - Weak economies, which were characterised by sale of primary commodities like cotton. - Poverty due to colonial exploitative system. - Regional imbalance as there were regions which developed more than others. In such regions, colonialist had built infrastructure such as railways, roads, schools,