At the end of world war ii, countries that had controlled and colonized african nations lost their holdings due to tough economic times. what were two of these nations?
-france
-america
-russia
-netherlands

 Causes of Asian african decolonization: 
- Decay of the old colonial empires: after two world wars, the European powers with their savings were wiped out and struggling to keep their colonies; 
- The nationalist struggle: with the support of the UN in regard to the principle of self-determination. 
- Interest U.S. and the Soviet Union: interested in expanding their areas of influence). 
- Bandung Conference (1955): fought against colonialism, racism and for the third way, namely an independent position of the first and second world ... wanted to form a block of non-aligned countries to the United States or the Soviet Union . 

The colonial powers were England, France, Belgium, Netherlands ... besides Portugal, and Spain (not participated in the second war, but countries were already bankrupt long ago ...).

So France and Netherlands

The goods the europeans wanted the most were gold, jewels, silk, perfumes, and especially spices.