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"Declaration of the Rights of the Negro People of the World"
Marvin Garvey helped gain equal rights to Africans -
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Africa 1920-1930's
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South African Communist Party founded
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Egypt is recognized as independent
Britain recognized Egyptian independence under a constitution that protected British economic and strategic interests. -
NNDP
Herbert Macauley founded the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP), but it remained an elite party in Lagos that was ignored by the British . -
Recolonization of Africa
The United Negro Improvement Organization approved a $2 million plan for the "recolonization of Africa." -
Forbidding Garvey's ideas
The Liberian government issued an order forbidding the promotion of Garvey's ideas -
WASU formed
African students in Britain organized as the West African Students' Union (WASU) under the leadership of the Nigerian Ladipo Solanke (1884-1958) and the Sierra Leonean Bankole-Bright, and with "moral support" from Casely Hayford of the Gold Coast. -
Ras Tafari became king of Ethiopia
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Ras Tafari takes a new name
Ras Tafari took the name Haile Selassie and became the constitutional monarch of Ethiopia. -
NYM founded
The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) became the first mass political party in Africa. -
WEB Du Bois broke with NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois broke with the NAACP and left the organization he helped to found -
Italy invaded Ethiopia.
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The Italians defeated the Ethiopian army
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Anglo -Egyptian Treaty
The Wafd nationalist party led by Nahas Pasha ended its opposition by voting for the Anglo- Egyptian Treaty, a treaty signed to withdraw most of the UK troops from Egypt. In addition, hte United Kingdom has to train the Egyptian army and assist in its defence in case of war. -
Coacoa holdup
African cocoa planters in the Gold Coast combined to resist monopolistic purchasing arrangements by nine British companies. They refused to sell any more cocoa (the great "cocao holdup") until the prices rose. -
Railroad strike
Violent railroad strike in Senegal left six dead and dozens wounded. -
The Kikuyu Central Association was banned in Kenya by the British government.
The KCA made a newspaper called the Muiguithania ("the reconciler") and the newspaper and Association were both banned.
