Imperialism in Africa

By gaylourdzks
  • 1400

    Golden Age of Exploration

    Europeans start to sail south to receive an abundant of silk and spices. Which are in India and China. In time they began to trade with the Africans'.
  • 1500

    The Exchange for Slaves

    The Europeans started to sell guns from the Africans. Then made goods for the exchange in slaves. After slaves were traded they were transported across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1500

    The beginning of Slavery

    The Europeans started to build post for trading in the 1500s, then, they were colonized in the 1800s for resources that they had.

  • Africans Rebel

    The Africans start to rebel a lot, this was caused by colonizations. This inspired them from World War II.

  • South Africa granted independents

    White people had smaller groups in South Africa, but they still controlled the government and businesses. The independents was granted by Great Britan.

  • Political Organization

    The Kikuyu people of Kenya made this organization to fight for freedom against Great Britan.

  • Invasion of Ethiopia

    Ethiopia was an uncolonized country, while Britan colonized central, western, and southern Africa. Europe had taken most of Africa, besides Ethiopia. Then, Italy invaded it.

  • Introduction of Pan-Africanism

    Kwame Nkrumah had the idea of Pan-Africanism, where all Africans would be in peace.

  • Afrikaners make a apartheid law

    This apartheid law made black South Africans to be forced to live and work where whites said to, they couldn't marry whites, they had bad schooling, and care.

  • The People start to rebel

    The people of Sudan started to rebel, which caused two civil wars. The first lasted from 1956 to 1972, and the second lasted from 1983 to 2005.

  • Sudan Gains Independents

    Sudan gains the independents of its country from Great Britan.

  • Ghana would gain its independents

    After Kwame introduced Pan-Africanism in Ghana, Ghana was going to gain independents.

  • Nigeria Independents

    After a long, fierce struggle with the British Nigeria became an independent country.

  • Rwanda's Independents

    Rwanda gains independents, but violence had overcome them, and Hutu took control.

  • Independents of Kenya

    It took lots of time and years for this to happen but Kenya finally became an independent country.

  • The Arrest of Mandela

    Mandela was arrested for his actions, and got a life sentence. He continued his protest in prison, and would not be silent.

  • Joseph Mobutu Seizes Power

    After Joseph seized power he renamed the Belgium Congo, Zaire, and ruled for 32 years without being interrupted.

  • Igbo people try to become independent

    The Igbo people wanted to be independent so they declared themselves independent. While doing so they created a civil war with over 1 million people dead.

  • F.W. de Klerk Elected President

    The president of South Africa is F.W. de Klerk, which was elected for president.

  • The End of a Apartheid

    F.W. de Klerk declared that the apartheid was over, and released Mandela from prison.

  • The Nobel Peace Prize awarded

    The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Mandela and F.W. de Klerk for both ending the apartheid.

  • First Open Election

    South Africa had its first open election, in which all black and white African Americans could vote. Nelson Mandela was voted president.

  • Rwanda's Violence Grows

    The country is still underway of the violence, and Hutu started to plan, and start, genocide on the Tutsi people.

  • Arab Spring

    Colonialism was left in the countries that don't have a strong government. The people in Tunisia were very nervous for a democratic government, so the made a movement called the Arab Spring.

  • Sudan Recognized South Sudan

    After Sudan gained independents in 1956, South Sudan also gained independents. Sudan finally recognized the independents of South Sudan.

  • President Ben Ali resigns

    Ben Ali resigns from president and a democratic government was been elected. Algeria and Morocco face similar occurrence.

  • Qaddafi Captured and Killed

    Qaddafi was captured and killed after war broke out because he wouldn't step down from his position as dictator.

  • Mubarak is forced to resigns

    Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt, who had served for 30 years. In time he was forced to resign.

  • Mohammed Morsi replaces Mubarak

    After Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign Mohammed Morsi replaced him. With an Islamic fundamentalist government.

  • Morsi's overthrown government

    Mohammed's government didn't last long because, it was later conquered by the military. After that Morsi was imprisoned and his political party was no longer.