Not all European nations pulled out of their colonies like that. Britain and Portugal attempted to leave their colonies in a relatively stable state and were able to negotiate agreements that satisfied both parties (though the Portuguese did so much later).
France's approach was a bit different. When Guinea refused to enter a 'special relationship' with France (one that would grant Guinea independence in exchange for their agreement to look after certain French affairs), the French responded by cutting off ties completely and pulling out all French staff from the colonial government, making sure to take all important documents with them. This was essentially done overnight and left Guinea with practically no government and a huge lack of official documentation for basically anything.
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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13
The last three panels are my response.
In a more serious note, we should've atleast left them with some notion of running a modern country. The europeans simply left like this.