He also taught at a number of prominent schools prior to and after independence.

The flag was adopted in 1959, just prior to independence.

Iraq flirted with the idea prior to its independence in 1932.

During the 1950s prior to independence, oil was discovered off the coast of Nigeria.

The French community grew from only 30,000 prior to independence to 60,000 in 1980, most of them teachers, managers and advisors.

He became active in the trade union movement prior to independence in 1988.

Female writers are today far better represented in published African literature than they were prior to independence.

Prior to independence, this area was part of the Kochi kingdom.

He worked there several years just prior to their independence before returning home to his native Seychelles.