imperialism in Africa

By Waiteaas@msdwc.k12.in.us
  • 1400

    slavery 1

    in 1400s,during the golden of exploration , Europeans began to sail south around the continent to Africa in an attempt to reach wealth of silks and spices found in India and China.
  • 1500

    colonization 1

    slavery was just the beginning. The Europeans began to build trading post in Africa 1500s and early 1800s.
  • 1500

    slavery 2

    Unfortunately , slavery was a part of the economy of Africa before the arrival of the Europeans , but the Europeans greatly increased the trade in enslaved people in Africa. Beginning in the 1500s, Europeans traders began to sell African guns and Europeans made goods in exchange for slaves

  • South Africa 1

    in 1910 South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain. Although white people were a minority (smaller groups ) in South Africa , they controlled the government and business.

  • South Africa 3

    Blacks could not marry white people , and poor health care and schooling

  • Sudan 1

    Sunan gained Independence from Great Britain in 1956. In the Northern part of country most people were Muslim Arabs.

  • independence 1

    Life was not perfect in Africa after independent. countries that had been colonized were economically devastated.

  • Rwanda 1

    Rwanda is a small country between two ethnic , the minority Tutsi and majority Hutu . Before Rwanda Belgium colony , the Tutsi ruled Hutu .

  • South Africa 2

    In 1964 Mandela was arrested and sentenced life in prison for his action. In 1990, he announced the end of apartheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison

  • sudan 2

    As a result , in 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power.

  • Independence 2

    The actions Igbo launched a civil in which over one million people died before Igbo agreed to remain part of Nigeria.

  • Independence 3

    In 1976 the Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent.

  • colonization 2

    By 1990 Europe had grabbed nearly all of Africa. In 1920s fight for freedom from Great Britain .

  • Rwanda 2

    between 800,000 to 1 million Tutsi people were murdered.

  • South Africa 3

    In 1994 , South Africa held its open elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected the new president.

  • Arab Spring 1

    one of the worst outcomes of colonialism was it left countries with weak government that often become dictatorship. In 2010 people in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government.

  • Arab Spring 2

    Quaddif was capture and killed in 2011.

  • Arab Spring 3

    He was forced to resign in 2011.

  • Sunda 3

    In 2011 , sunda recognized south sudan's independence.

  • Arab Spring 3

    Morsi's term was short because in 2013 , his government was overthrow by the military.