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African Jazz The Congolese band, African Jazz, in a recording studio in 1961.	Cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah The first cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah (center bottom row) as Prime Minister of Ghana, 1957.	Constructing the Kariba Dam Workers building the Kariba Dam in the 1950s.
Faces of African Independence A mural in Accra, Ghana depicting the faces of African independence and decolonization efforts. (Image by Ben Sutherland).	Franco Luambo Makiadi Franco Luambo Makiadi of OK Jazz.	Ghanaian Flag The Ghanaian national flag.
Gold Coast Stamp A postage stamp of Gold Coast overprinted for Ghanaian independence in 1957.	Harold Macmillan Pictured here is Harold Macmillan during his 1960 tour of the African colonies. He is wearing a ceremonial leopard skin at his installation as Honourary Paramount Chief in South Africa.	Jean Bolikango Jean Bolikango, pictured on the left of this image meeting with officials in Germany in 1960, led the Parti de l'Unité Nationale in the Congo and was one of many politicians named in Independence Cha Cha.
Joseph Kabasele An early promotional photo of Joseph Kabasele for Opika Records, 1950s.	Katanga Copper Mine This copper mine in the Katanga province, pictured here in 1942 when the Congo was still a Belgian colony, is one of many mines that produced raw natural resources for the Western world.	Kenneth Kaunda and Supporters Dr Kenneth Kaunda with United National Independence Party supporters after a meeting with Iain Macleod, Colonial Secretary, Zambia, 1960.
Kwame Nkrumah and Martin Luther King Jr. Kwame Nkrumah and Martin Luther King Jr in Ghana.	Mausoleum of Kwame Nkrumah The mausoleum of former Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana. (Image by Greg Neate).	Miriam Makeba Congolese rumba influenced Miriam Makeba, pictured here in 1969, and many other African artists.
Mobutu Sese Seko and Prince Bernhard Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, consort to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and Mobutu Sese Seko in 1973.	Moise Tshombe Moise Tshombe, the fifth Prime Minister of the Congo and President of the short-lived secessionist State of Katanga, greets crowds of admirers in Stanleyville, 1964.	OK Jazz Members of OK Jazz during their 1961 trip to Brussels.
Organisation of African Unity The Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, sits with the President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Addis Ababa during the Organisation of African Unity summit in 1963.	Patrice Lumumba Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Congo. He was ultimately murdered by Belgian-supported Katangan separatists in 1961.	Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba On June 30, 1960, Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, pictured here at the Round Table Conference in Brussels, declared the independence of the Republic of the Congo from the former Belgian Congo Free State.
Round Table Conference The Round Table Conference in Brussels, 1960.	Scaling the Kariba Dam Workers scaling the dam walls during construction.	TAZARA Railway A map showing the route of the TAZARA Railway in Tanzania (in orange). This railroad links Dar es Salam to Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia. China funded this railway to grow their influence in the continent.
The French Community Member states of the French Community in 1961.	The Kariba Dam The Kariba Dam as seen from the Zimbabwean side.	UNIA Flag The United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) flag.
UNIP Protest The 1960 visit to Northern Rhodesia of Iain Macleod, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, was marked by demonstrations and protests held by the United National Independence Party (UNIP).	W.E.B. Du Bois in Ghana Pictured is W.E.B. Du Bois (center) at his 95th birthday party in Ghana, with President Kwame Nkrumah and his wife. Du Bois immigrated to the newly independent Ghana and received citizenship shortly before his death in 1963.	Zambian Protests Protestors from the United National Independence Party (UNIP) surround the vehicle of British Conservative Party politician Iain Macleod, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in Northern Rhodesia, 1960.

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