<P> Port of Zeila, 19th century . </P> <Li> <P> Bridge over the Magech River near Gondar, 1883 . </P> </Li> <P> Bridge over the Magech River near Gondar, 1883 . </P> <P> After World War II, European attitudes towards Africa began to change . In the aftermath of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War,' Western' powers were averse to the idea of using outright conquest to annex territory . At the same time, agitation against colonial rule was becoming persistent in Africa . Between 1945 and 1948 there was a series of strikes and protests, in Senegal, Tanzania, on the French West African railway system, and along West Africa's Gold Coast . </P>

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