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Indian national congress
an Indian political party -
Muslim League
political party established in Dhaka in 1906 when some well-known Muslim politicians met the Viceroy of British India -
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India Independence Movement
tried to end the British rule in India -
Salt March
Nonviolent protest in India -
Quit India
a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India -
Kenya African Union
political organization in colonial Kenya -
Kikuyu Tribe
a Bantu ethnic group native to Central Kenya -
Partition
a partition is a change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community -
1948
Apartheid becomes official law -
London Conference
was the third and final in a series of conferences that led to Canadian Confederation -
Accra Riots
The Accra Riots started on 28 February 1948 in Accra -
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South Africa Apartheid
in South Africa was the racial segregation under the all-white government of South Africa which dictated that non-white South Africans were required to live in separate areas from whites and use separate public facilities -
Period: to
Apartheid
Means apart hood, Laws that called for the separation of races in South Africa -
Period: to
Ghana Independence Movement
Ghana gained independence from Britain -
Pan African ism
the attempt to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all people of African -
Life under apartheid
Afrikaners lived in up-scale neighborhoods
Native Africans lived in:
-Slums outside the city
-Tribes
-Bantustans -
Seperate and unequal
No rights for non-whites…
No right to vote
No ownership of land
No right to move freely
No right to free speech
No right to protest the government -
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Mau Mau Rebellion
Mau Mau revolt or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army -
Detention Camps
punitive camps, designed for the 30,000 Mau Mau suspects who were deemed unfit to return to the reserves. -
Period: to
Algerian War for Independence
major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front -
National Liberation Front
was an armed communist organization in South Vietnam -
Period: to
Congo Independence movement
A nationalist movement in the Belgian Congo demanded the end of colonial rule: this led to the country's independence on 30 June 1960. -
Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
Prime minister of the democratic republic of Congo -
Evian Accords
a set of peace treaties signed on 18 March 1962 -
Period: to
Cambodian Civil War
The Cambodian Civil War was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea against the government forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia -
Khmer Rouge
members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea -
S21
invasion of Cambodia -
1994
Elected first black president of South Africa
Served one term & retired from politics -
Wrote long walk to freedom
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Elected ANC president
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Period: to
Nelson Mandela
Stood up against apartheid
Began his civil rights career non-violently