Why did Britain and France want to give independence to African countries before WWII?

by Hermonic

I am writing a dissertation on the Suez Crisis and decolonization of Africa and I can not find sources for this area. Where there other reasons besides WWII that caused Britain and France to grant independence? Thank you for your time.

SisulusGhost

I'm somewhat confused by this question, so let me ask you to clarify:

  1. You're writing on the Suez Crisis, but you want to know about attitudes before WWII? Just confirming.

  2. What evidence leads you to conclude that "Britain" and "France" (by which I assume we mean to imply their governments rather than elements of public opinion) wanted to "give independence" to Africa at any point? Most scholars would suggest that even public opinion in these countries largely shifted to the degree that it did in the 1950s and 1960s due to African protests/actions/uprisings/appeals etc.