In a post decolonized environment, the self-interest prevented productive social and civil plans from being carried out. Not until 1963 was a 120-mile stretch of railway that was vital to the economy of both Kenya and Uganda completed.

The African nations, to the extent that they did come together, did not accomplish much, and the three elements of regime change that authors and researchers Jinks and Goodman, there seems to have been a tendency towards acculturation in the Black African perspective on decolonization. Although there are, too, examples where the other two elements of coercion and persuasion seem evident, the ultimate tendency was one of acculturation.

Acculturation because if there was a prevailing influence that existed amongst the colonies as they came together in discussion on decolonization, that influence was one of nationalism and self-interest. The colonial experience had not served Africa well, and as such the focus was on...
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