Independence Came to Africa Later Than to Asia Because

Independence came to Africa later than to Asia because

A) colonialism was more entrenched in Africa inasmuch as the West had taken possession of that continent long before it had established itself in Asia.
B) Africans were more subservient to Western cultural influences than were Asians.
C) Western military power was greater in Africa since it was closer to Europe than was Asia.
D) Africans greatly benefited economically from Western rule and Asians did not.
E) in Africa there were fewer coherent states with a sense of cultural and ethnic unity than in Asia.