A Salute to Our African Nations: Tunisia and Namibia

This article commemorates the independence anniversaries of Tunisia and Namibia as part of a series honoring African nations' sovereignty. Tunisia gained independence from France on March 20, 1956, after seventy-five years of protectorate status and growing nationalist resistance following World War I, with Habib Bourguiba becoming its first president and implementing significant social reforms. Namibia achieved independence on March 21, 1990, after more than a century of colonial control—first by Germany, then by South Africa, which imposed apartheid policies that sparked armed resistance from SWAPO beginning in 1966.