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1400
Europeans traveling Africa
They began to sail across the side of Africa. -
1500
Trading post
They started building trading post in Africa around 1500 -
1500
Africa began to sell ideas
Africans began to trade gun and goods for slaves -
Africa taking land
they were taking over another country for the resources they could provide. -
World ware II
Africans began to seriously rebel against colonization. -
Taking over africa By 1900 Europe had taken over nearly all of Africa.
By 1900 Europe had taken over nearly all of Africa. -
Indolence from. Great Britain
In 1910 South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain. -
Fighting for freedom
Kenya began a political organization in the 1920s to fight for freedom from Great Britain. -
Invading country
Italy did invade Ethiopia -
Black African
1940s Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which was a belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide. -
Making laws
In 1948, white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law. -
Gaining another independence
Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain in 1956. -
Civil war
After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972 -
Independence
Ghana would gain its independence in 1957. -
Belgium independent
Belgium Congo became independent in 1960 -
Nigeria getting independence
In 1960 Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle against the British. -
Finally independence
Independence came to Rwanda in 1962 after which violence broke out and the Hutu took control. -
People getting arrested
In 1964,Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life
in prison for his actions. -
Power in the world
As a result, in 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power. -
2 civil war
After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972 -
Trying to say they independence
In 1976 the Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent. -
Elected to be President
de Klerk was elected president
of South Africa in 1989. -
Letting him go
In 1990,
he announced the end of apratheid and
released Nelson Mandela from prison. -
Getting award Nobel prize
In 1993, Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid. -
The new president
In 1994, South Africa
held its first open elections in which Nelson
Mandela was elected the new president. -
Democratic government
In 2010, people in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government. -
Recognized independent
In 2011, Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence. -
Trying to escape
Qaddafi was captured and killed in 2011, and a new government was elected. -
Resigning
He was forced to resign in 2011. -
Getting replaced
Mubarak was replaced by an Islamic fundamentalist government led by Mohammed Morsi in 2012.
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