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1400
Age of Exploration
In the 1400 the Europeans began to sail south to reach the wealthy silks and spices found India and China -
1500
Slave Trading
In the 1500s the Europeans trader began to sell tools to buy slaves/people. -
Trading Post
In the 1500s Europeans started to build trading post and by the 1800s they were colonizing countrys -
Europe taking Africa
By the 1900s Europe took most of Africa -
Africans Rebel
In the mid 1900s because of the events that happened during World War II the Africans began to rebel against colonization. -
South Africa
In 1910 South Africa was granted to be independent by Great Britain. -
Kikuyu political colonization
In the 1920s the Kenya people began a political colonization -
Ethiopia Invasion
In the 1930s Italy invaded Ethiopia -
Pan-Africanism
Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which was the belief of Black Africans worldwide -
Afrikaners
In 1948 Afrikaners made apartheid law -
Sudan becomes independent
In 1956 Sudan became independent -
Two civil wars
In 1956 he people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars. -
Ghanas Independence
In 1957 Ghana would gain its independence -
Nigeria becoming independence
In 1960 Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle. -
Belgium Congo becoming independent
In the 1960s the Belgium Congo became independent. -
Rwanda Independence
In 1962 Rwanda became independent -
Kenyas Independence
In 1963 Kenya became independent -
Mandela
In 1964 Mandela was arrested and sentenced for life -
Joseph Mobutu
In 1965 seized power because the Belgium Congo was unable to create a stable government. -
The end of the wars
In 1972 the civil war ended -
Igbo People
In 1976 the Igbo people tried to claim themselves independent and failed. -
Millions of People die
In 1983 millions of people die -
F.W. de Klerk
In 1989 F.W. de Klerk was elected president. -
End of Apartheid
In the 1990s F.W. de Klerk announced the end of apartheid -
Mandela and de Klerk
In 1993 Mandela and de Klerk were awarded a Noble Piece Prize for their work in ending apartheid -
Nelson Mandela becomes president
In 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes president after they opened the elections. -
Hutu Engagement
In 1994 Hutu became engaged in genocide against Tutsi -
End of Death
In 2005 most of the dying from the war stopped -
Sudan Recognization
In 2011Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence. -
Overthrown Government
In 2013 the government was overthrown.