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1400
Trading with Europeans
Africans beyond the Sahara begin trading with Europeans who had recently arrived on their coastlines. -
1500
Trading Enslaved People
African traders began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods. -
1500
Early 1500s
Europeans had built trading posts on the African coast. -
Colonization
The slave trade was mostly outlawed in early 1800s but European interference in Africa continued. -
Early 1800s
European powers began actively colonizing Africa. -
Regaining Land
Africans regained power over their own lands. -
Impact of Colonialism
European nations divided most of Africa into colonies. The only country that was never colonized was Ethiopia, even though it was invaded by Italy in the 1930s. -
More Independence
South Africa gained independence from Britain. -
Independence pt 1
In Kenya, the Kikuyu people who started a political organization with the goal of independence from Britain. -
Independence pt 1
Pan-Africanizm was a political and social movement to unite black africans around the world. -
Races Seperation
White minority adopted apartheid a former south African policy of strict separation of races. -
Independence
Most of Africa gained independence. South Africa became indecent as early as 1910. -
Independence pt 3
Nigeria became independent. -
Unrest in the Congo & Nigeria
Belgium abruptly granted independence to the Belgian Congo. -
Nelson Mandela
He was an ANC leader who was jailed. -
Independence pt 2
Kenya gained independence. Kenyatta led the new nation -
Joseph Mobutu
Army leader Joseph Mobutu seized power & changed the countries named Zaire. -
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FW de Klerk
He continued to protest from prison. FW de Klerk south Africas presidents realized apart heid was destroying South Africa. -
Nelson Released
FW de Klerk released Mandela from prison and agreed to end a part heid. -
Votes
South Africans of all races voted together and Mandela became president. South Africa was truly free. -
Genocide in Rwanda
Hutu military & milita groups killed & estimated 800,000 to 1 million tutists. -
Killers
The Sudanese government supported the herders, while it failed to protect black farmers. Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly black farmers, were killed. -
Conflicts in Sudan
Civil wars raged and killed several million people. -
Independence
Sudan became Independent. -
Nigeria & Morocco
The king of Morocco responded to peaceful protests. He issued a new constitution that voters approved. -
Libya
Protests in Libya against human rights abuses by dictator Muammar Qaddafi. Some countries supported the rebels. Quaddafi was killed in October. -
Egypt
President Hosni Mubarak arab spring protests forced him to resign. -
Election
Egyptians elected a Islamist president mohammed morsi. -
Imprisioned Morsi
The military impisioned Morsi and banned his political party