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| COUNTRY | INDEPENDENCE DAY | COLONIAL NAME | COLONIAL RULERS |
| Algeria | July 5th, 1962 | NULL | France |
| Angola | November 11th, 1975 | NULL | Portugal |
| Benin | August 1st, 1960 | NULL | French |
| Botswana | September 30th, 1966 | NULL | Britain |
| Burkina Faso | August 5, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Burundi | July 1st, 1962 | NULL | Belgium |
| Cameroon | January 1st, 1960 | NULL | French-administered UN trusteeship |
| Cape Verde | July 5th, 1975 | NULL | Portugal |
| C.A.R | August 13th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Chad | August 11th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Comoros | July 6th, 1975 | NULL | France |
| Congo | August 15th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Congo DR | June 30th, 1960 | NULL | Belgium |
| Cote d'Ivoire | August 7th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Djibouti | June 27th, 1977 | NULL | France |
| Egypt | February 28th, 1922 | NULL | Britain |
| Eq Guinea | October 12, 1968 | NULL | Spain |
| Eritrea | May 24th, 1993 | NULL | Ethiopia |
| Ethiopia |
over 2000 years,
Never colonized |
(formerly)
Kingdom of Aksum |
NULL |
| Gabon | August 17th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Gambia | February 18th, 1965 | NULL | Britain |
| Ghana | March 6th, 1957 | Gold Coast | Britain |
| Guinea | October 2nd, 1958 | NULL | France |
| Guinea Bissau | 10 September 1974 | NULL | Portugal |
| Kenya | December 12th, 1963 | NULL | Britain |
| Lesotho | October 4th, 1966 | NULL | Britain |
| Liberia | July 26th, 1847 | NULL | American colonization Society |
| Libya | December 24, 1951 | NULL | Italy |
| Madagascar | June 26th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Malawi | July 6th, 1964 | NULL | Britain |
| Mali | September 22nd, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Mauritania | November 28th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Mauritius | March 12th, 1968 | NULL | Britain |
| Morocco | March 2nd, 1956 | NULL | France |
| Mozambique | June 25th, 1975 | NULL | Portugal |
| Namibia | March 21st, 1990 | NULL | South African mandate |
| Niger | August 3rd, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Nigeria | October 1st, 1960 | NULL | Britain |
| Rwanda | July 1st, 1962 | NULL | Belgium administered UN trusteeship |
| SaoTomePrincipe | July 12th, 1975 | NULL | Portugal |
| Senegal | April 4th, 1960 | NULL | France |
| Seychelles | June 29th, 1976 | NULL | Britain |
| Sierra Leone | April 27th, 1961 | NULL | Britain |
| Somalia | July 1st, 1960 |
British Somaliland
Italian Somaliland |
Britain
Italy |
| South Africa |
11 December 1931,
April 1994(end of apatheid) |
Union of South Africa | Britain |
| Sudan | January 1st, 1956 | NULL | Egypt, Britain |
| Swaziland | September 6th, 1968 | NULL | Britain |
| Tanzania | April 26th, 1964 | NULL | Britain |
| Togo | April 27th, 1960 | NULL | French administered UN trusteeship |
| Tunisia | March 20th, 1956 | NULL | France |
| Uganda | October 9th, 1962 | NULL | Britain |
| Zambia | October 24th, 1964 | NULL | Britain |
| Zimbabwe | April 18th, 1980 | NULL | Britain |
| NULL |