In Round 1 of the Cup, last season, we were asked which African country gained independence from Great Britain on 1 October 1960. To which I responded, "Wow. Are we now expected to remember the independence dates of every former African colony?"
This latest question is not quite at the same level of detail, but I'm not sure the answer is even correct.
On the previous occasion, I went on to note that "The next [African country to go it alone having been under British colonial rule, after South Africa] was the British Military Administration of Libya, on Christmas Eve 1951. This was followed by Sudan (previously Anglo–Egyptian Sudan) on 1 January 1956, and Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) in 1957."
The waters are muddied somewhat by the question of whether these were actually part of the Empire.
Wikipedia shows Sudan, but not Libya, as a territory that was "at one time or another part of the British Empire". It goes on to name Sudan as one of "three colonies that had been granted independence in the 1950s" – along with the Gold Coast and Malaya. (The last of these, obviously, is not in Africa; but Sudan, equally obviously, is.)
So if we take Wikipedia's word as gospel (which we don't, necessarily) the correct answer to this question was "Sudan".
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