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Europeans began to sail south around the continent of Africa
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The Europeans began to build trading posts in Africa
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European made money for slaves also, they began to sell guns
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The Europeans began taking over other country’s for their resources
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Europe had nearly taken over all of Africa
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The Africans began to rebel against colonization
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In 1910 South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain.
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The Kikuyu people of Kenya began a political organization in the 1920s to fight for freedom from Great Britain.
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The only country to remain uncolonized is Ethiopia
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He introduced a idea of Pan-Africanism which is a belief of unity of all black Africans
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white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law.
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Sudan gained independence from Great Britain
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Ghana would gain their independence back.
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Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle against the British.
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Belgium Congo became independent in 1960.
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Independence cane to Rwanda
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Jomo Kenyatta would become the newly independent Kenya’s first leader
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Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for his actions.
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country was unable to create a stable, fair government. As a result, in 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power.
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He renamed the country Zaire and ruled uninterrupted for 32 years.
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the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972
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They named their new country Biafra They lost over a million people
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F.W. de Klerk was elected president of South Africa in 1989.
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He announced the end of apratheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison.
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Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid.
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Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people.
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South Africa held its first open elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected the new president.
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People in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic Government.
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Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence.
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President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was elected.