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1400
The Golden Age
The Europeans began began to sail south around the continent of Africa. To attempt to find wealth. -
1500
Trade
In the 1500s the Europeans began to sell Africans guns, but in return they got slaves. -
Taking Over
In the early 1800s Europeans began to take over more land to provide resources for there country. -
Europe
By the late 1800s to the early 1900s Europe had taken over Most of Africa. -
World War II
Inspired by World War II the Africans began rebel against colonization. -
Great Britain
Finally South Africa was give their independence for Great Britain. -
Freedom
The Kikuyu people of Kenya started a political organization in the 1920s so they could fight for their freedom. -
Invade
By the 1930s the only country left to be colonized are Ethiopia. But, Italy invaded in 1930. -
Afrikaners
White Africans called Afrikaners made apartheid law. -
Great Britain
In 1956 Sudan gained independence for Great Britain. -
Wars
Form 1956 to 1972 and then from 1983 to 2005 war broke out in South Africa. -
Independence
Pan-Africanism which is belief in the unity of all black Africans. In 1957 Ghana gained its independence. -
Nigeria
In 1960 Nigeria beat the British in the fight of independence. -
Congo
In 1960 the Belgium Congo be independent but unable to create and stable government. -
Control
Rwanda got is independence in 1962 but shortly after violence broke out and the Hutu people came into power. -
Years
Finally in 1963 the Kenya people became independent. -
Mandela
Mandela was arrested in 1964 and his got a life sentence because of this actions. -
Power
Because of the unstable government Joseph Mobutu cam into power. -
Igbo
In 1967 the Igbo people decided to declare their independence. -
President
Mandela wouldn’t be silenced he continued to protest from his prison cell, and F.W. De Klerk was elected. -
The End
In 1990 de Klerk announced the end of apartheid. He also pardoned Nelson Mandela. -
Nobel Peace Prize
Mandela and de Klerk were given the Nobel Peace Prize for ending apartheid. -
New President
South Africa held its first election in 1994, and Nelson Mandela was elected. -
Violence
Rwanda continued to have violence until 1994 when the Hutu People stared to engage the Tutsi people. -
Democratic Government
The Tunisia people began to push for a democratic government starting in 2010. -
Sudan
South Sudan recognized its independence in 2011. -
Ben Ali
President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was set in place. -
Qaddafi
Finally in 2011 Qaddafi was found and killed, and a new goverment was set in place. -
Mubarak
In 2011 Mubarak was forced to resign and he was replaced. -
Mohammed Morsi
Mubarak was replaced by an Islamic fundamentalist government and it was led by Mohammed Morsi in 2012. -
Short Lived
In 2013 Morsi’s term was short lived because it was overthrown by the coutries military.