USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -At the beginning of the 20th century, nationalism flowered in Asia and Africa. Thus, the 19th century has been called the age of nationalism in Europe, while the 20th century witnessed the rise and struggle of powerful national movements throughout Asia and Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nationalist ideas in Africa emerged during the mid-19th century among the emerging black middle classes in West Africa. Early nationalists hoped to overcome ethnic fragmentation by creating nation-states.

Detailed explanation-3: -How did African nationalism grow in the early 1900s? Pan-Africanism nourished the nationalist spirit and strengthen resistance. Members of the negritude movement in West Africa and the Caribbean protested colonial rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1912 and 1960 several Nationalist movements emerged in South Africa, defining in which way different groups belonged to the South African Nation. In 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed, and only white men had political power. This left black South Africans with no voice.

Detailed explanation-5: -This surge in African nationalism was fueled by several catalytic factors besides the oppressive colonial experience itself: missionary churches, World Wars I and II, the ideology of Pan-Africanism, and the League of Nations/United Nations.