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| 1952 |
| | | An outbreak of terrorism in Kenya is orchestrated by a secret Kikuyu organization, the Mau Mau | |
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| 1953 |
| | | Jomo Kenyatta, charged with having organized the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, is sentenced to seven years in prison | |
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| 1953 |
| | | The two Rhodesias and Nyasaland are merged in the self-governing Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |
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| 1954 |
| | | George Grivas leads a guerrilla movement, EOKA, fighting for Cyprus's independence from Britain and union with Greece | |
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| 1956 |
| | | The Sudan, declining the opportunity of union with Egypt, opts for independence as a separate state | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Kwame Nkrumah leads the Gold Coast into independence under a name of historic resonance, Ghana | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Abdul Rahman Putra becomes the first prime minister of independent Malaya | |
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| 1959 |
| | | Lee Kuan Yew becomes the first prime minister of the newly independent state of Singapore | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Kenneth Kaunda is elected president of UNIP, a new party fighting for an independent Northern Rhodesia | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Cyprus becomes an independent nation, free of British colonial rule, with Archbishop Makarios as president | |
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