The world as we know it wasn't inevitable, but it does often seem that way. That normalcy is dangerous because it makes the current and balances of power between rich countries and poor ones seem natural. Overthrowing that system and replacing it with something just is perhaps the most important unfinished business of the twentieth century. In 19 57, gana became the fourth independent black state in the world,. In 19 forty ive, there were just 51 member states in the united nations. By 19 70, there were 127 leaders of the decolonizing world.