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1400
Europeans set up colonies
Europeans set up colonies in Africa. European power took control of and transformed most of Africa -
1400
Colonies
Europeans began to set up colonies in Africa. European powers took control of and transformed most of Africa. -
1400
Trading
Africans beyond the Sahara began trading with Europeans who had recently arrived on their coastlines. -
1500
Trading posts
Europeans built trading posts on the African Coast. -
1500
Atlantic slave trade
African traders began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods. -
Africa
large region of central Africa, Southern and Eastern Africa were colonized -
Outlawed
Slave trade was mostly outlawed in the early 1800's. -
Colonialism
European powers began actively colonizing Africa. -
Africans regained power
Africans regained power over their own lands. -
Regained Power
Africans regained power over their own lands. -
division of Africa
European nations had divided most of Africa in to colonies. Ethiopia was the only country never colonized. -
South Africa
South Africa gained independence -
South Africa
South Africa gained Independence from Britain. -
Political Organization
In Kenya, the Kikuyu people started a political organization in the 1920's with the goal of independence from Britain. -
Ethiopia
Ethiopia was the only country that was never colonized. Ethiopia was invaded by Italy -
movements
African independence movements gained momentum -
Apartheid
South Africa adopted Apartheid a former South African policy of strict separation of races. -
Africa
Most of Africa gained independence in the 1950's and 1960's -
Ghana
Ghana became independent -
Nigeria
Nigeria became independent -
Belgium
Belgium abruptly gained independence to the Belgian Congo. -
Kenya
Kenya gained Independence -
Zaire
army leader Joseph Mobutu seized power and changed the country to Zaire -
Igbo
An oil rich region controlled by the Igbo ethnic group attempted to leave Nigeria.