Top 10 Oldest African Countries

I look at it as definitely more military occupation than colonization. For example, while Poland wasn't colonized by Germany during WW2, it definitely was invaded and occupied for years.

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They always give the easiest answer, which in this case was Liberia.

1910 was when the Dominion of South Africa was established.

I've heard black South Africans describe the first free elections in 1994 as their independence day (the official name of the holiday is freedom day)

It was made a full dominion in 1910, with the same status as countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Newfoundland. This meant it had its own parliament, laws and was in theory equal to the UK. The question as to when "full" independence was gained is tricky. South Africa didn't get an option to remain neutral at the beginning of WW1, but did sign the Treaty of Versailles as an independent country. The Balfour Declaration in ?1926? (I may be off with the date) made it clear that SA was independent, and this was confirmed by the 1931 Statute of Westminster. SA did get an option to remain neutral in WW2 (and very nearly did) and signed the peace treaty as a separate power. In 1961 SA left the Commonwealth and became a republic, there can be no question it was independent then. A lot of people say independence truly came in 1994, the issue with that logic (in my opinion) is that it would mean the UK was responsible for apartheid, which is clearly not the case.