African Civilizations

By TheHunterofNight
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    Arab Spring

    A movement for democracy began in Tunisia
  • 1500

    Slave Trade

    African traders began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods.

  • Colonization I

    Southern and Eastern Africa were colonized.

  • Slave Trade II

    The slave trade was mostly outlawed at this time, but European interference continued in Africa

  • Colonization II

    By the early 1800s, European countries began colonizing Africa.

  • South Africa

    South Africa gained independence from Britain.

  • Ethiopia

    Ethiopia was invaded by Italy

  • Independence

    African independence movements gained momentum

  • Ghana

    Ghana became independent thanks to a local political leader Kwame Nkrumah

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria became independent

  • Begium

    Belgium abruptly granted independence to the Belgian Congo, causing instability

  • Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela, a leader of the African Nation Congress was jailed

  • Kenya

    Kenya gained independence after years if negotiation and violence

  • Igbo

    An oil-rich region controlled by Igbo tried to leave Nigeria.

  • South Sudan

    South Sudan became independent

  • Dictator

    Tunisia's dictator resigned

  • Qadddafi

    Qadddafi was killed

  • Egypt

    Egyptians elected an Islamist president name Mohammed Morsi