ABSTRACT
Decolonisation and its protracted processes have continually entangled domestic politics with international relations. In their struggles for independence, activists from dependent territories traditionally looked to the international arena for education, solidarity, and support. This provided knowledge of the political processes, law, and public sentiment needed to advance national self-determination. Subjecting administering powers to international pressure was an essential element of these strategies. Within territories under foreign control, colonial rule strengthened cultural allegiances, centralised administration, and made ethnic groups interact as they faced international forces of modernisation (Aldrich and Connell, 1998: 239).
