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1400
Europeans began to sail south
Europeans began to sail south around the continent of Africa in an attempt to reach the wealth of silks and spices found in India and China. -
1500
Europeans Build trading posts
Europeans knew that Africa
had many resources and
important trade routes they
wanted to control. -
1500
European traders began to sell Africans guns and European made goods
Europeans began to sell, goods and guns in exchange for slaves -
Europeans colonizing other countries
The Europeans were taking over other countries for their resources -
Europe Has taken over almost all of Africa
Europe took over almost all of Africa for their goods, resources and trading routes. -
Africans began to seriously rebel against colonization.
Africans didn’t like the colonization that was happening so they began to rebel. -
South Africa was granted independence
South Africa was granted independence By Great Britain. Although white people were a minority. -
Kenya began a political organization
They made this organization to fight for their freedom. -
Kwame Nkrumah introduced Pan-Africanism
Pan-Africanism was a belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide -
white South Africans made apartheid law
Apartheid is a policy of legal separation based on race. -
Sudan gained independence
Sudan gained its independence from Great Britian -
people in the south rebelled against northern rule
This resulted in two civil wars from 1956-1972 -
Ghana gains independence
Ghana finally gains its independence, which pan-Africanist helped them do -
Belgium Congo became independent
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Independence came to Rwanda
after which violence broke out and the Hutu took control. -
Kenya became independent
Kenya became independent after many years of fighting for their freedom. -
Mandela was arrested
He was sentenced to life in prison for his actions -
Joseph Mobutu seized power In Belgium Congo
The country was unable to create a stable, fair
government. -
Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent.
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F.W. de Klerk was elected president
De Klerk realized that apartheid could not continue. -
De Klerk ended the apratheid
he announced the end of apratheid and
released Nelson Mandela from prison -
Mandela and de Klerk got awarded a Nobel Peace Prize
They were awarded this for their work in
ending apartheid. -
Hutu began to engage in genocide
Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people. -
South Africa held its first open election
South Africa held its first open election in which Mandela won -
Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government
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Qaddafi was captured and killed
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President Ben Ali resigned
President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was elected -
Mubarak was forced to resign
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Mubarak was replaced by an Islamic fundamentalist government led by Mohammed Morsi
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Morsi’s term was short because his government was overthrown by the military