Colonization and Independence in Africa

By Alaina_Winer
  • 1400

    Trading

    Africans beyond the Sahara began trading with Europeans.
    Europeans began long sea voyages.
  • 1500

    Slave Trade

    African traders began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods. Europeans built trading posts on African coasts

  • Colonizing

    Southern and Eastern Africa were colonized.

  • Outlawed

    Slave trade was no longer legal. European powers began actively colonizing Africa.

  • Impact

    European nations had divided most of Africa in colonies.

  • More Independence

    South Africa gained independence from Great Britain.

  • Organization

    People started political organization with goal of independence from Britain.

  • Invasion

    Ethiopia was never colonized but Italy invaded Ethiopia.

  • Independence

    African independence movements gained momentum.

  • Apartheid

    South Africa adapted apartheid , a former South African policy of strict separation of races.

  • Another Independence

    Sudan gained independence. Southerners rebelled against northern rule.

  • Independence

    Ghana became independent.

  • Belgium

    Belgium abruptly granted independence to the Belgian Congo.

  • Jail

    An ANC leader was taken to jail.

  • Kenya

    Kenya gained independence.

  • Power

    Joseph Mobutu seized power, and changed the country's name to Zaire.

  • Leaving

    An oil-rich region controlled by the Igbo ethnic group attempted to leave Nigeria.

  • Destruction

    South Africas government realized that apartheid was destroying South Africa.

  • Prison

    Mandela was released from prison.

  • No More Segregation

    South Africans of all races voted together and Mandela became president.

  • Killing

    Hutu military and militia groups killed an estimated 8,000 to 1 million Tutsis.

  • Raging

    Civil wars raged and killed several million people.

  • Arab

    A movement for democracy that came to be known as the Arab spring.

  • FULLY Independent

    Sudan became fully independent.

  • Resignation

    Tunisias director resigned in January and a more democrat government was put in place.

  • New Constitution

    Morocco issued a new constitution that voters approved.

  • Killing Again

    Qaddafi was killed in October

  • More Resignation

    Arab Spring protests force president Hosni resign.

  • Presidency

    Mohammed was elected to be president.

  • Banned

    The military imprisoned Morsi and banned his political party.