Africa

  • 1400

    European sea Voyages

    European ships sail into afraica
  • 1401

    Europe begins trade

    Europeans begin to trade with South​ Africa
  • 1500

    Slave trade begins

    Europeans capture Africans​ to sell them as slaves
  • 1500

    European Trade posts

    European trade posts are built on african shores
  • colonizing begins

    southern and eastern afracia was colonized by belgium, Great Brittan, and Dutch.
  • Slave trade Outlawed

    European countries outlaw slave trade
  • European colonizes Africa

    European countries make colonies in Africa
  • Africa gains Independence

    African​ countries are freed from European rule
  • Africa divided into colonies

    european countries took over most of Africa
  • Free South Africa

    South Africa​ frees themselves from Great Brittan
  • Independence becomes a thought

    Kenyan people start to work for independence
  • Italy fails

    Italy tries to take over Ethiopia​ but fails
  • African Independence?

    Africa seeks independence from European countries
  • Segregation Begins

    South Africa​ begins to separate races
  • Free Sudan

    Sudan gaineds independence
  • Free Ghana

    Ghana​ gains independence
  • Free Nigeria

    Nigeria becomes a country
  • Free Belgium Congo

    belgium congo gains independence
  • Belgium congo or Zaire

    Belgium Congo changes its name to Zaire
  • Independence

    most of Africa gains independence by the 1960's
  • Jail Mandela

    Nelson Mandela was jailed and tortured over racism and segregation​ in south Afraica
  • Free Kenya

    Kenya gains its independence
  • Nigeria holds strong

    a region controlled​ by Igbo tried to leave Nigeria but failed
  • Wise Leaders

    F.W. de Klerk decide that apartheid is destroying his country and so he abolished it
  • Release Mandela

    Nelson Mandela was released from prison due to an order from the president
  • Mandela for President

    Nelson Mandela was voted for president
  • 800,000 dead

    the genocide killed 800,000 people
  • Killing of the Black Farmers

    in the early 2000's the government​ killed all of the black farmers who did not flee
  • Civil Wars

    several countries in Africa are​ involved in a civil war and
  • free South Sudan

    South Sudan gains independence, finally