![Crowd of Tanzanian people with a man hoisting up a sign stating, "Complete Independence 1961".](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/courses-images/wp-content/uploads/sites/4336/2019/06/17130954/image52.jpg)
Figure 1: Tanzanian Independence in 1961
Learning Objectives
In this chapter, students are expected:
1. To understand why decolonization took place between 1945-1965
2. To understand what problems newly independent countries faced.
3. To demonstrate links between Europe and the changing postwar world.