Decolonization started on the very first day of colonization. From the arrival of the Europeans, the peoples of Africa and Asia rose up. No one willingly accepts subjugation, but in order to one day regain freedom, you first and foremost need to stay alive. Condensing a wealth of scholarly research into short, lively chapters, Decolonization brings light to extraordinary stories of heroic men and women who fought against it and yet remain largely unknown.