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During her time, she became British African colonies The former is independent. But the Queen wanted to maintain ties with "the black Continent" To ensure that the newly independent states enter and remain in the Commonwealth.
70 years ago, it was Princess Elizabeth She is no more than 25 years old, on a trip to Kenya and in this former British colony, she learned of the death of her father, who was suffering from lung cancer. The day after the death of George VI. Her husband Prince Philip was then in the gardens of the luxurious Treetops Hotel where he announced to his wife that she was now Queen of England and the Commonwealth.
Two years later, Queen Elizabeth II traveled to Africa again. The Queen will make her first official trip to Libya to meet King Idris there.
Four years after Ghana’s independence, in 1961, Elizabeth II traveled to this country, which is considered the first in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence, and she met President Kwame Nkrumah, with whom she danced in a symbolic way to the end of apartheid.
In February 1965, the Queen of Britain’s plane landed in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, which greeted her warmly.
In August 1979, I attended the Fifth Summit of Heads of Government Commonwealth, in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, against the advice of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She presided over the signing of the Lusaka Declaration on Racism and Discrimination, which establishes racial equality at the legal level, and condemns apartheid in South Africa.
After this trip, she did not set foot in South Africa again until 1995. To mark the end of apartheid and the assumption of power by Nelson Mandela. In front of him, she gave an optimistic speech urging young South Africans to rebuild their country.
In total, the late queen made 21 tours of Africa and visited a hundred countries at least once in her life.
According to the head of the Institute for European Security and Orientalism, Emmanuel Dupuy, in his statement to the website "Sky News Arabia"The Queen was instrumental in establishing post-colonial unity between Britain and its former colonies, particularly in Africa. Her relationships in Africa were strong, rich and personal".
He added, "Many of these trips came against the backdrop of Cold War rivalries and tensions over decolonization. and with the goal of preserving the Commonwealth despite its racial and ideological divisions. It wanted to reduce the influence of the Soviet Union in Africa. In the midst of the Cold War, some team leaders tried to ally with Moscow, such as Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah who wanted to leave the Commonwealth but on her trip home she convinced him to stay".
Within seventy years, Queen Elizabeth II managed to transform the tiny club of the Commonwealth of 7 countries into "family" from 56 countries. Her relationship with Nelson Mandela was instrumental in making her popular on the African continent.
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During her time, she became British African colonies The former is independent. But the Queen wanted to maintain links with the “Black Continent” to ensure that the newly independent nations would enter and remain in the Commonwealth.
70 years ago, it was Princess Elizabeth She is no more than 25 years old, on a trip to Kenya and in this former British colony, she learned of the death of her father, who was suffering from lung cancer. The day after the death of George VI. Her husband Prince Philip was then in the gardens of the luxurious Treetops Hotel where he announced to his wife that she was now Queen of England and the Commonwealth.
Two years later, Queen Elizabeth II traveled to Africa again. The Queen will make her first official trip to Libya to meet King Idris there.
Four years after Ghana’s independence, in 1961, Elizabeth II traveled to this country, which is considered the first in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence, and she met President Kwame Nkrumah, with whom she danced in a symbolic way to the end of apartheid.
In February 1965, the Queen of Britain’s plane landed in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, which greeted her warmly.
In August 1979, I attended the Fifth Summit of Heads of Government Commonwealth, in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, against the advice of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She presided over the signing of the Lusaka Declaration on Racism and Discrimination, which establishes racial equality at the legal level, and condemns apartheid in South Africa.
After this trip, she did not set foot in South Africa again until 1995. To mark the end of apartheid and the assumption of power by Nelson Mandela. In front of him, she gave an optimistic speech urging young South Africans to rebuild their country.
In total, the late queen made 21 tours of Africa and visited a hundred countries at least once in her life.
In his statement to Sky News Arabia, Emmanuel Dupuy, head of the Institute for European Security and Orientalism, said: The Queen played a key role in establishing post-colonial unity between Britain and its former colonies, especially in Africa. Her relationships in Africa have been strong, rich and personal.”
He added, “Many of these trips came against the backdrop of Cold War rivalries and tensions over decolonization. With the aim of preserving the Commonwealth despite ethnic and ideological divisions. It wanted to limit the influence of the Soviet Union in Africa. In the midst of the Cold War, some team leaders attempted to ally With Moscow, like Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah who wanted to leave the Commonwealth but on her trip home she convinced him to stay.”
In seventy years, Queen Elizabeth II managed to turn the tiny club of the Commonwealth of 7 nations into a “family” of 56 nations. Her relationship with Nelson Mandela was instrumental in making her popular on the African continent.