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They sailed around Africa to get the wealth of silks and spices.
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They traded guns and goods for slaves then made them work in the fields.
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They took over countries for their resources.
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All of Africa but two countries were colonized and Africa was suffering because of it.
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South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain.
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The Kikuyu people of Kenya began a political organization to fight for freedom from Great Britain.
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After ww2 there was a bunch of uprising due to colonization.
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In Ghana Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which was a belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide.
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White South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law. Apartheid is a policy of legal separation based on race.
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Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain.
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After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005. Millions of people died.
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Ghana would gain its independence.
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Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle against the British.
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Belgium Congo became independent and the country was unable to create a stable, fair government.
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Independence came to Rwanda after which violence broke out and the Hutu took control.
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Kenya became independent Jomo Kenyatta would become the newly independent Kenya’s first leader.
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Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life
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As a result Joseph Mobutu seized power. He renamed the country Zaire and ruled uninterrupted for 32 years. The suffering of the people of Congo continued due to his corruption and violence.
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The Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent from Nigeria. They named their new country Biafra. The actions of the Igbo launched a civil war in which millions of people died before the Igbo agreed to remain part of Nigeria.
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W. de Klerk was elected president of South Africa
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De Klerk he announced the end of apratheid and
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Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid.
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South Africa held its first open elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected the new president.
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The country continued to experience violence until the Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people.
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People in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government. This movement became known as the Arab Spring.
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Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence.
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President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was elected. Similar victories occurred in Algeria and Morocco.
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Qaddafi was captured and killed
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Mubarak was a dictator who had controlled Egypt for 30 years. He 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.