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All right, so here we are looking at decolonization and to what extent africa and india experienced the positive benefits of personal dignity, abundance, and opportunity after the decolonization movements.
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And we're going to talk about why they experienced this extent.
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And you have to support your response with examples from the textbook reading.
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I can't help you there, but i can give you a basic layout and you can use the information i give you and tie it into the primary source excerpts in your textbook because i don't have access to that.
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So first, we're going to talk about decolonization overall.
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So that is the declining legitimacy of both empire and race as credible bases for political or social life that promises not only national freedom, but also personal dignity, abundance, and opportunity.
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However, oftentimes this was not the case.
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A difference between india and africa is that the struggle for independence in india had been far more prolonged and this gave indian political leadership a little more time to sort itself out.
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So they had overall more personal dignity, abundance, and opportunity than africa.
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This is also because britain handed over the power to india slowly, like piece by piece, whereas in africa it was much more blunt and happened very quickly.
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And the nationalist movement in india was embodied in a single national party, so india, which was a major source of internal political discord.
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However, both of them faced issues in gaining their independence...