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1400
European start sailing
The European start sail to try and shorten the trip to Asia and China -
1500
Slavery begins in Africa
People and good are starting to be traded -
1500
trading post are built
The europeans started to build trading post in Africa -
Africa is starting to colonizing
Europeans are starting to colonizing Africa for the resources -
Europeans colonized Africa
Europeans have colonized almost all of Africa -
South Africa finally free
South Africa was granted freedom from Great Britain. However white people controlled the government and businesses. -
Kikuyu people forms a organization
Kikuyu people, who are in Kenya, form a political organization -
Italy invaded
italy invaded the only country that was uncolonized which was Ethiopia -
Africans come together
In Gana the idea of Pan-Africanism which got all blacks together -
Afrikaners make a law
Afrikaners, which are white South Africans, made the apartheid law. Apartheid is a polity of legal separation which is based of race. -
African start to revolt
mid 1900 the Africans starts to revolt due to the events in World War Two -
Sudan is independent
Sudan, who was under rule by Great Britain, gained independence. The country's government was put in the northern part of the country. -
A civil war in Sudan
The south began to revolt against the north which started a civil war. -
Ghana is free
Ghana gain it independence from the colonization -
Nigeria is free
After a lot of struggles Nigeria is free after being rules by British -
Belgium Congo gains independence
After gaining freedom they had trouble having a stable government. -
Rwanda is free
Rwanda is free after violence broke out and the Hutu took control. -
Kenya is free
After many years Kenya is finally free -
Mandela goes to jail
Mandela, a protester of apartheid, was arrested and was sentenced to prison for life. However he would not be quiet and protested from prison. -
Joseph Mobutu takes power
After the unstable government Joseph Mobutu get power of Belgium Congo. Had power for 32 years -
The First Civil War ended in Sudan
The first civil war ended. -
Igbo people are freedom
The igbo people tried to become independent. They called their country Biafra. These actions caused a civil war, which over a million people died. -
The second civil war in Sudan starts
Once again the south revolted and started yet another civil war. -
De Klerk for president
F.W de Klerk was elected president of South Africa. He realized that apartheid needed to end. -
Apartheid has ended
Klerk put a end to apartheid. He also released Mandela from prison. Finally after 42 years of apartheid it has finally ended. -
Nobel Peace Prize is given
The Nobel Peace Prize is given to both Mandela and Klerk. These two people put in a lot of work to end apartheid. -
Open election
South Africa finally had their first open election. Nelson Mandela, who help end apartheid, was elected president. -
The Hutu engage in genocide
The Hutu tried to get rid of the Tutsi people. And the violence continued. Between 800,000 and a million people died. -
The civil war ends in Sudan
Finally the second civil war in Sudan ends. Millions of people died in the wars. -
Tunisia wants a democratic government
The people in Tunisia begin to want a more democratic form of government. -
South Sudan is independent
Sudan finally see the independence that South Sudan wanted. -
US Help
The United States help the rebels fight against Qaddafi. Qaddafi was the dictator of Libya at the time. He was then captured and killed.