Question

Answer in three to five sentences. The text states, "This is also another
example of conflict leading to change". Explain why the author believes these
independence movements in Africa are examples of conflict leading to change

Answer 1

The author sees these independence movements as conflict leading to change because they directly contested and weakened colonial authority—through protests, strikes, political organizing, and in many cases armed struggle—which made continued imperial rule untenable. That pressure forced negotiations, withdrawals, or abrupt collapses of colonial administrations and produced new national governments and legal independence. Those movements also reshaped political institutions, leadership, and social arrangements within the former colonies. International opinion and Cold War dynamics often amplified the impact, turning local conflict into lasting decolonization.