This may seem counter-intuitive, especially for those recalling decolonisation in the 1960s or sensing the growth of the boycott campaign. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Murehwa North MP Alois Mangwende, in his contribution to the debate, said the Organisation of African Unity had a duty to assist "decolonisation" in South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But there were two different paths to decolonisation. From Wordnik.com. [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference
But decolonisation also had other, less positive, reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference
The wars of decolonisation drained the continent's resources. From Wordnik.com. [Opening address to the Socialist International Council] Reference
The social and economic content of decolonisation was critical. From Wordnik.com. [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference
In short, imperialism aims for a neo-colonialist decolonisation. From Wordnik.com. [THE SPIRIT OF BANDUNG] Reference
This is consistent with the history of decolonisation in Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Statement of the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Twenty-Eighth Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU] Reference
Are we involved in a national liberation process of decolonisation?. From Wordnik.com. [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference
In the Southern African region we have witnessed the decolonisation of. From Wordnik.com. [KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, NELSON MANDELA, TO the UMKHONTO WE SIZWE NATIONAL CONFERENCE] Reference
Why was the OAU established, besides for the pursuit of decolonisation?. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
As a result at the time of decolonisation our true Africanness had been almost lost. From Wordnik.com. [THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE: FROM VISION TO REALITY ADDRESS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA] Reference
The US saw in decolonisation an opportunity to open up new markets for its own companies. From Wordnik.com. [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference
The establishment of the United Nations and the beginning of decolonisation was such a time. From Wordnik.com. [LECTURE BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES] Reference
Formal decolonisation, a new flag and anthem, were not all that were at stake in South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference
It delays the process of decolonisation in that region and postpones the total liberation of Africa. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT AT THE NINTH EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY, DAR ES SALAAM, APRIL 7-10, 1975(1)] Reference
Moroccan ambassador on the negotiations and scheduled referendum on the decolonisation of Western Sahara. From Wordnik.com. [International Relations] Reference
For the Portuguese people decolonisation was a first and necessary step for stability and economic expansion. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
Accordingly, we should look no further for colonised minds that need, as Ngugi Wa Thiongo 'says, decolonisation. From Wordnik.com. [The third pillar of our transformation] Reference
This movement - including some members from this continent - played a critical role in the decolonisation process. From Wordnik.com. [Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Mercosur Heads of State Summit] Reference
Dr Agostinho Neto had declared that MPLA was ready to suffer for the decolonisation of the whole of Southern Africa. From Wordnik.com. ["Two Wings of a Great Movement"] Reference
We therefore fight against the coloniser and do not expect that he will be on our side in the process of decolonisation. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT AT THE FREEDOM RALLY ORGANISED BY THE IRISH ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT, DUBLIN, JANUARY 26, 1979] Reference
Africa's history, giving impetus to the process of decolonisation on the continent and engendering a renewed sense of a common. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It will only court disaster if it contemplates any adventures or intervention against decolonisation in Mozambique and Angola. From Wordnik.com. [SELECTED STATEMENTS AND OTHER PRESS RELEASES, 1963-1983] Reference
The bright hopes that decolonisation would soon bring development, faded before the continuing imbalance in world economic power. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING AN HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY] Reference
Students of history will refer to this date as the day which marked the end of the process of decolonisation of the Africa peoples. From Wordnik.com. [ADDRESS BY THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT, THE HON MR T. MBEKI, NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT] Reference
Any genuine participation of the countries of the West in the struggle for the decolonisation of southern Africa would seek to achieve these goals. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT AT THE FREEDOM RALLY ORGANISED BY THE IRISH ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT, DUBLIN, JANUARY 26, 1979] Reference
Western European countries and countries in other parts of the world, to support decisions aimed at decolonisation and the destruction of apartheid. From Wordnik.com. [INCREASE ASSISTANCE TO LIBERATION MOVEMENTS] Reference
Portuguese colonialism, the fall of the Rhodesian colonial regime and the decolonisation of Namibia have placed the seal of permanence on these changes. From Wordnik.com. [ADVANCE TO NATIONAL DEMOCRACY] Reference
The struggle in southern Africa has to be seen as part of the historic process of decolonisation, especially since India became independent in August 1947. From Wordnik.com. [NO ACCOMMODATION WITH APARTHEID] Reference
The experience of the people of Western Sahara is the first kind of experience that we can think of since the struggle for decolonisation started in Africa. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH, ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE SIXTH CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT OF NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES, HAVANA, CUBA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1979(1)] Reference
For South Africa, if it is genuine, the question is simple: withdraw from Namibia and leave it to the United Nations to conduct the process of decolonisation. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL] Reference
Subsequently, the 13th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the OAU, meeting in February-March 1970, said in its resolution on apartheid and decolonisation. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID] Reference
He justifies Palestinian terrorism against Israel as legitimate self-defence to bring about the ‘decolonisation and liberation from occupation and Zionist apartheid’. From Wordnik.com. [Beware the new axis of evangelicals and Islamists] Reference
The OAU was founded in the 1960s to speed up decolonisation across the world's poorest continent, especially in South Africa, and to coordinate economic and social policy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In an apparent volte-face from his earlier tone, he outlined four gradual stages of decolonisation, only at the end of which would the possibility of independence be broached. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
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