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The Europeans began to sail south. They came across Africa but slavery was bad there. 13 million people were taken from their home and put into slavery
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Europeans were taking over another country for their resources. They knew that Africa had good trade routes and they wanted them. Spain and Italy also gained a plaice in Morocco and Somalia.
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Europeans began to trade with African people living south of the Sahara. The goods where transported across the
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In the mid 1900s inspired by the events of world war 2 Africans began to rebel against colonization.
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In 1910 they were granted independence from Great Britain. Even though white people where a smaller group they were know as afrikaners.
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Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain in 1956. After independence people began to rebel against northern rule
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Countries that were colonized were devastated. Congo became independent in1960, the government was not fair. As a result Joseph Mobutu was put in power.
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They were a small country divided into two ethnic groups. The minority Tutsi and majority Hutu. Before Rwanda became a Belgium colony the Tutsi ruled the Hutu
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One of the worst outcomes of colonialism was it left countries with weak governments that often became dictatorships. People in Tunisia began to agitate for more democratic government.