The monograph summarizes the experience of the national liberation movement in Africa after the Second World War (1945-1970). Liberation wars and uprisings in Algeria, Angola, Guinea - Bissau, Egypt, Cameroon, Kenya, Congo, Mozambique, Rhodesia, South Africa, Madagascar, the struggle of Arab peoples against Israeli aggression are studied. Extensive factual material reveals the historical traditions of the struggle of African peoples against the colonialists. A large place is given to the analysis of the forms and methods of building rebel armed forces, the strategy and tactics of the revolutionary armed struggle of the peoples of the African continent. The military-colonial policy of imperialism in Africa, the methods and forms of action of its armed forces are examined in detail.