What political message did the Bandung Conference give to postcolonial countries?

Correct answer: Asian African cooperation and independent foreign policy are possible

The Bandung Conference was held in 1955 and brought together newly independent and still-colonized countries of Asia and Africa. It expressed the idea that these countries could cooperate, oppose colonialism and racism, and make decisions without simply following a major power or former empire. This message supported sovereignty, peaceful coexistence, equality among nations, and an independent foreign policy. It also helped create the political climate from which later non-aligned cooperation developed.

Choice A is correct because it combines Asian-African cooperation with the possibility of an independent foreign policy. Choices B, C, and D contradict the conference’s anti-imperial and cooperative spirit. The date 1955 is useful for revision, but the main reasoning is more important: Bandung showed that postcolonial countries could speak collectively and participate actively in world affairs instead of remaining under imperial control or withdrawing from global politics.