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1400
European Voyages
Europeans began to make voyages -
1400
African Trading
Africans beyond the Sahara began trading with Europeans -
1500
Selling Enslaved People
African traders began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods -
1500
Trading Posts
Europeans had built trading posts on the African posts -
Africa Colonized
Southern and Eastern Africa were colonized -
Slave Trade Outlawed
Slave trade was mostly outlawed -
European Power
European powers began actively colonizing Africa -
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Africa's President
F.W. de Klerk South Africa’s president -
African Power
Africans regained power of their land -
Africa? Divided?
European nations had dividd most of Africa into colonies -
South Africa Independence
South Africa gained independence -
South African Independence
South Africa gained independence from Britain -
Kenya Kikuyu Organization
Kenya, Kikuyu people started a political organization with the goal of independence from Britain -
Ethiopia Never Colonized
The only country that was never colonized was Ethiopia even though it was invaded by Italy -
African Independence
African independent movements gained momentum -
South Africa "Adoption"
South Africa adopted apartheid a farmer south african policy of strict separations of races -
Period: to
Africa Independence
Most of Africa gained independence -
Sudan Independence
Sudan gained independence -
Ghana Independence
Ghana became independent -
Nigeria Independence
Nigeria gained independence -
Belgium Independence
Belgium granted independence to Belgium Congo -
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was an anc leader who got arrested and went to jail -
Kenya Independence
Kenya gained independence -
Joseph Mobutu
Army leader Joseph Mobutu seized power and changed the country’s name to Zaire -
Igbo Leaves Nigeria
An oil-rich region controlled by the Igbo ethnic group attempted to leave Nigeria -
Nelson's Released
The president released Mandela from prison and agreed to end apartheid -
South Africans Voted
South Africans of all races voted together and Mandela became president -
Hutu Military and Militia
During a few months Hutu Military and Militia groups killed an estimated 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis -
Black Farmers Killed
Hundreds of thousand of people mostly black farmers were killed -
Civil Wars
Civil Wars gained until 2005 and killed several million people -
Democracy Movement
A movement for more democracy that came to be known as the arab spring began in Tunisia -
South Sudan Independence
South Sudan became independent -
Tunisia's Director
Tunisia’s director resigned in January of 2011 and a more democratic government was put in place -
New Constitutions
Algeria and Morocco issued a new constitution that voters approved -
Qaddafi's Death
Qaddafi was killed in October of 2011 -
Protesting
Arab Spring protesters forced Libya to resign -
President Mohammed
Egyptions elected an Islamist President Mohammed Morsi -
Morsi Prisoned
The military prisoned Morsi and banned his political party