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An Era ofDecolonization

The Twentieth Century



What is

decolonization?What forces pushedfor decolonization in

the mid-20 th century?



What “paths” diddi erent colonies

take towardsindependence?



Where did the United

States and theSo iet Union !t into

decolonizationmo ements?



What do the terms

"irst World# SecondWorld# and $hirdWorld refer to?

















Muslims Hindus







What is the Third Way?





Source #1: The Wretched of theEarth by Frantz Fanon.

%ditor&s note' "rantz "anon ()*2+-)*,) was .orn in /artini ue andeducated as a psychiatrist in "rance# and he spent much of his laterlife in 1l eria3 "anon .ecame a radical re olutionary and writerwhose ideas a.out the psycholo ical dama e of colonialism were

ery in4uential on the leaders of anti-colonial national li.erationmo ements3 $his e5cerpt is from his )*,) .ook# $he Wretched of

the %arth3“Comrades, have we not other wor to do than to create a thirdEuro!e? The West saw itself as a s!iritual adventure" #t is in thename of the s!irit, in the name of the s!irit of Euro!e, that Euro!ehas made her encroachments $movement into someone else%ss!ace&, that she has 'usti(ed her crimes and le)itimized the slaveryin which she holds four*(fths of humanity" " "+

“#t is a uestion of the Third World startin) a new history of Man, ahistory which will have re)ard to the sometimes !rodi)ious theses$very )ood ideas& which Euro!e has !ut forward, -ut which will alsonot for)et Euro!e%s crimes, of which the most horri-le was

committed in the heart of man, and consisted of the !atholo)icaltearin) a!art of his functions and the crum-lin) away of his unity" “



“.o, comrades, let us not !ay tri-ute to Euro!e -y creatin)states, institutions and societies which draw theirins!iration from her"

Humanity is waitin) for somethin) other from us than suchan imitation, which would -e almost an o-scene caricature"

#f we want to turn Africa into a new Euro!e, and Americainto a new Euro!e, then let us leave the destiny of our

countries to Euro!eans" They will now how to do it -etterthan the most )ifted amon) us"

/ut if we want humanity to advance a ste! farther, if wewant to -rin) it u! to a di0erent level than that whichEuro!e has shown it, then we must invent and we mustma e discoveries" " " "

1or Euro!e, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, wemust turn over a new leaf, we must wor out newconce!ts, and try to set afoot a new man"+

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ource # : ress,1956 by Jawaharlal

Nehru%ditor&s note' 6awaharlal 7ehru ()88*-)*,9was one of the leaders of :ndian :ndependence/o ement under /ahatma ;andhi3 When :ndia

ained independence in )*9<# he was electedas the !rst =rime /inister3 >e remained as

prime minister until he died in )*,93 7ehru wasa stron .elie er in industrialization and

modernization of :ndia# and he uided the newnation-state of :ndia to de elop alon thoselines3 >e adapted socialist ideas of a plannedeconomy .ecause he thou ht this wouldde elop :ndia faster3 >e was one of the primaryworld leaders who were tryin to esta.lish a



“We are now en)a)ed in a )i)antic and e2citin)tas of achievin) ra!id and lar)e*scaleeconomic develo!ment of our country" .uchdevelo!ment, in an ancient andunderdevelo!ed country such as #ndia, is only!ossi-le with !ur!osive !lannin)" True to ourdemocratic !rinci!les and traditions, we see ,

in free discussion and consultation as well as inim!lementation, the enthusiasm and the willin)and active coo!eration of our !eo!le3 Wecom!leted our (rst 1ive 4ear 5lan 6 monthsa)o, and now we have -e)un on a moream-itious scale our second 1ive 4ear 5lan,which see s a !lanned develo!ment ina)riculture and industry, town and country, and-etween factory and small scale and cotta)e

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“3 many other countries in Asia tell the same story, forAsia today is resur)ent, and these countries which lon)lay under forei)n yo e have won -ac theirinde!endence and are (red -y a new s!irit and strivetoward new ideals" To them, as to us, inde!endence isas vital as the -reath they ta e to sustain life, andcolonialism, in any form, or anywhere, is a-horrent" " " "“

“The !reservation of !eace forms the central aim of#ndia7s !olicy" #t is in the !ursuit of this !olicy that wehave chosen the !ath of nonali)nment in any military orli e !act or alliance" 8onali)nment does not mean!assivity of mind or action, lac of faith or conviction" #t

does not mean su-mission to what we consider evil" #t isa !ositive and dynamic a!!roach to such !ro-lems thatconfront us" We -elieve that each country has not onlythe ri)ht to freedom -ut also to decide its own !olicyand way of life" 9nly thus can true freedom :ourish and

a !eo!le )row accordin) to their own )enius3



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