THE IMPACT OF ASIAN COUNTRIES ON AFRICAN NATIONALISM
After the Second World War, many Asian states got their independence including India and Pakistan in 1947, Burma and Indonesia in 1948, china in 1949 experienced the communist revolution, and many others followed in the 1950s. The methods they used to get self-rule and shed off foreign influence were copied by Africans in their struggle. The independence of Asian countries influenced African nationalism as follows:- Asian countries like Japan influenced African nationalism for example in 1905 it repulsed Russian influence and during World War II it defeated Britain and France in South Eastern Asia. Similarly the Dutch were driven a way by the Japanese in Indonesia and the Americans had been defeated in Philippians. Such courage by Japan encouraged African nationalists in their struggle for independence since they realized that these colonial powers could easily be defeated. Between 1946-1954 France was defeated in a war with Vietnamese nationalists and in 1954 they attained their...