In the First Years of Independence, Most African Countries Had

question 34

Multiple Choice

In the first years of independence, most African countries had leaders who

• A) attempted to return their countries to a more familiar tribal government.
• B) had collaborated with the colonial powers.
• C) believed it was necessary to implement a dictatorship in the short term in order to have democracy later.
• D) had been educated in Europe and believed that only they were capable of ruling effectively in the new states.
• E) came from the minority tribes in their countries, and wanted to ensure that tribalism did not prevail again.

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