In 1960, british prime minister harold macmillan visited africa. while there, he gave a speech in which he said this: the wind of change is blowing through [africa], and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. we must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it. think about this quotation. write two to three sentences explaining in your own words what it means.

Harold Macmillan presented a verbal oration before the assembly of South Africa. The prime minister stated that Britain is willing to grant independence to the African colonies.

The speech became prominent with the fact that British Prime minister had suspected the practice of Apartheid prevailed in South Africa. He identified that the African colonies were claiming the right to self-govern.  

He also went to the extent of highlighting the issue of cold war by questioning that if independence was granted, which independent African countries would be aligning and favoring to, whether with the Western European countries or with the Communist countries like Russia and China.

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an empire is a sovereign state functioning as an aggregate of nations or people that are ruled over by an emperor or another kind of monarch. the territory and population of an empire is commonly of greater extent than the one of a kingdom.[1]

an empire can be made solely of contiguous territories, such as the austro-hungarian empire or the russian empire, or of territories far remote from the homeland, such as a colonial empire. aside from the more formal usage, the word empire can also refer colloquially to a large-scale business enterprise (e.g. a transnational corporation), a political organisation controlled by a single individual (a political boss), or a group (political bosses).[2] the word empire is associated with such other words as imperialism, colonialism, and globalization. empire is often used to describe a displeasure to overpowering situations.[3]