What if the Bantu Lions and other Bantu nationalist groups never arose? Or at least never became important?
It might be implausible if not, but Simon Zuberi Tshombe's African revolution might have been one of the most important revolutions of the 20th century, having expelled European rule throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. So it would be interesting to explore an Africa without it.
Central Africa would probably be split into many different states with feuding ethnic groups, instead of united. But Tshombe's rule, even though it lead to the country becoming highly developed by the present, was rather dictatorial and many people died.
Let's operate under three assumptions:
- Simon Zuberi Tshombe is never born.
- WW3 doesn't start in 1946. Thus the Europeans aren't both distracted and in ruins.
- The Bantu Lions do not manage to bomb what was then Léopoldville to oblivion in January 1947.
It might be implausible if not, but Simon Zuberi Tshombe's African revolution might have been one of the most important revolutions of the 20th century, having expelled European rule throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. So it would be interesting to explore an Africa without it.
Central Africa would probably be split into many different states with feuding ethnic groups, instead of united. But Tshombe's rule, even though it lead to the country becoming highly developed by the present, was rather dictatorial and many people died.
Let's operate under three assumptions:
- Simon Zuberi Tshombe is never born.
- WW3 doesn't start in 1946. Thus the Europeans aren't both distracted and in ruins.
- The Bantu Lions do not manage to bomb what was then Léopoldville to oblivion in January 1947.