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1400
Europeans Long Sea Voyages
Europeans began to make long sea voyages -
1400
Africans Trade with Europeans
Africans beyond the Sahara began trading with Europeans who had recently arrived on their coastlines -
1500
Europeans Build Trading Posts
Europeans had built trading posts on the African Coast. -
1500
Africans Sell Enslave People
African traders began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods. -
Africa Colonized
Africa was colonized as early as the 1600s -
Slave Trade Outlawed
The Slave trade was mostly outlawed -
Europeans Colonize Africa
European powers began actively colonizing Africa -
Africa Regains Power
Africans regained power over their own lands. -
Europe Divides Africa into Colonies
European nations had divided most of Africa into colonies. -
South Africa Independence
In South Africa, independence came as early as 1910 -
South Africa Goes away from Britain
South Africa gained independence from Britain in 1910 -
Kikuyu starts a political Organization
In Kenya, the Kikuyu people started a political organization in the 1920s -
Ethiopia Never Colonized
The only country that was never colonized was Ethiopia, though it was invaded by Italy in the 1930s. -
Africa gains momentum
African independence movements gained momentum in the 1940s -
Apartheid Adopted
In 1948, they adopted apartheid, a former South African policy. -
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Africa gains Independence
Most of Africa gained independence in the 1950s and 1960s -
South rebelled North
Southerners rebelled against northern rule -
Ghana becomes Independent
Ghana became independent in 1957 -
Nigeria becomes independent
Nigeria became independent in 1960 -
Belgian Congo Gains Independence
Belgium abruptly granted independence to the Belgian Congo in 1960 -
Nelson Mandela Jailed
He was an ANC leader who was jailed in 1962 -
Kenya Gains Independence
Kenya gained independence -
Joseph Mobutu Changes Name of Belgian Congo
In 1965, army leader Joseph Mobutu seized power and changed the country's name to Zaire. -
Igbo Attempts to leave Nigeria
In 1967, an oil-rich region controlled by the Igbo ethnic group attempted to leave Nigeria -
Nelson Mandela Released
Mandela was released from prison and agreed to end apartheid -
Mandela is President
South Africans of all races voted together and Mandela becam president -
Hutu Kills
Hutu Military and militia groups killed an estimated 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis -
Tons Killed
Hundred of thousands of people, mostly black farmers, were killed in the early 200s -
Civil Wars
Civil Wars raged until 2005 and killed several million people -
Arab Spring
A movement for more democracy that came to be know as the Arab Spring began in Tunisia -
Independence
In 2011, South Sudan became independent -
Tunisia's Dictator Resigns
Tunisia's dictator resigned in January of 2011 and a more democratic government was put in place