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1400
Colonies
Europeans began to start colonizing Africa -
1400
Voyages
Europeans began making voyages to Africa -
1500
Slavery
Traders begin to trade slaves for guns -
1500
Trading Posts
Europeans began building trading posts on African coast -
Other location Being Colonized
Southern and Eastern Africa begins being colonized -
Slavery Being Outlawed
Slave trade was being outlawed -
Colonizing
Europe began rapidly colonizing Africa -
European Nations
By now most of Africa was colonized -
Power
Africans regain power over their lands -
Mandela
Released from prison -
South Africa
Independence gained -
South Africa
Gained independence from Britain -
Political Organizations
People started political organization with goal of independence from Britain -
Ethiopia
Invaded by Italy -
Indépendant Moments
African independence movements gained momentum -
Apartheid
Adopted Apartheid, a former South African policy of separation of races -
Africa
Most of Africa gained independence at this time -
Sudan
Gained independance -
Ghana
Became independent at this time -
ANC Leaders
Nelson Mandela was a ANC leader and was jailed at this time -
Nigeria
Became independent at this time -
Belgian Congo
Belgium granted independence to Belgian Congo -
Nelson Mandela
Continued to protest from prison -
Kenya
Gained independence at this time -
Joseph Mobutu
Seized power and changed countries name -
Igbo
Controlled oil-rich region -
F.W. de Klerk
South Africa's president and realized apartheid destroying South Africa -
Democratic Election
First democratic election -
Election
Mandela became president of South Africa -
Hutu Military
Killed and estimated 800000 to 1 million Tutsis -
Sudanese Government
Killed hundreds of thousand of people mostly black farmers -
Civil War
This Civil War killed Several million people -
Arab Spring
Bagan in Tunisia -
South Sudan
Became independent at this time -
Tunisia
Their dictator resigned in the January of 2011 -
New Constitution
limited Kings power and strengthened parliament -
Qaddafi
Killed in October and new government formed -
President Hosni Mubarak
was protested to resign by the Arab Spring -
Mohammad Morsi
Elected as new Islamist president -
Morsi
Was imprisoned by Military and his political party was banned