Colonization & Independence In Africa Timeline

By parkerks
  • 1400

    European Start Voyaging

    Europeans begin making long sea journeys
  • 1400

    Africans Begin Trading With Europeans That Have Just Arrived On The Coast

    Africans beyond the Sahara begin trading with Europeans who have just arrived on the coast
  • 1500

    African Traders Begin Selling Slaves For Guns

    African traders start selling slaves for guns, food, and other resources.
  • 1500

    Europeans Built Trading Posts On The African Coast

    Europeans start building lots of trading posts on the African coast.

  • Southern & Eastern Africa Were Colonized

    Southern & Eastern Africa have been colonized.

  • Slave Trade Is Mostly Outlawed

    Slave trade is beginning to be outlawed.

  • Europeans Begin Colonizing Africa

    European powers begin colonizing Africa.

  • Africans Get Their Land Back

    Africans get their land back.

  • European Nations Divide Africa Into Colonies

    Europeans nations end up dividing Africa into colonies.

  • South Africa Gains Independence

    South Africa Gains Independence

  • South Africa Gains Independence From Britain

    South Africa finally is free of Britains control

  • The Kikuyu People Started A Political Organization

    The Kikuyu people create an organization to gain independence.

  • Ethiopia Is Invaded By Italy

    Ethiopia is invaded by Italy.

  • African Independence Movements Gain Momentum

    African independence begins to gain popularity.

  • Apartheid Is Adopted In Africa

    Africa now has apartheid.

  • Sudan Gains Indepence

    Sudan is now independent.

  • Ghana Becomes Independent

    Ghana is now independent.

  • Nigeria Becomes Independent

    Nigeria finally becomes independent.

  • Belgium Gives Independence To The Belgian Congo

    The Belgian Congo is now independent.

  • ANC Leader Nelson Mandela Is Jailed

    Nelson Mandela gets taken to jail.

  • Kenya Gains Independence

    Kenya finally gains independence.

  • Army Leader Joseph Mobutu Seized Power & Changes The Country's Name To Zaire

    The country's name is now Zaire.

  • An Oil-Rich Region Controlled By Igbo Tries To Leave Nigeria

    Igbo tries to leave Nigeria.

  • South Africas President Realizes Apartheid Is Wrong

    South Africas president finally realizes apartheid is destroying Africa.

  • Nelson Mandela Is Released From Jail

    Nelson Mandela has been released from police custody.

  • Nelson Mandela Becomes President

    Nelson Mandela is now president of Africa.

  • The Hutu Military & Militia Groups Kill An Estimated 800,000 To 1 Million Tutis

    800,000 to 1 million Tutsis are killed.

  • Lots Of Black Farmers Are Killed

    Hundreds of thousands of black farmers are killed

  • Several Million People Are Killed After Several Civil Wars

    Millions are killed in wars.

  • The Arab Spring Begins

    The "Arab Spring" is now gain popularity

  • South Sudan Becomes Independent

    South Sudan is finally independent.

  • Tunisia's Dictator Resigns

    Tunisia's dictator resigns.

  • King's Powers Are Limited

    King's powers are limited due to a movement.

  • Qaddafi Is Killed

    Qaddafi is killed

  • Egypts President Hosni Mubarak Is Forced To Resign

    Egypt's president resigns

  • An Islamist President Mohammed Morsi Is Elected For Egypt

    Egypt's president is now Mohammed Morsi.

  • The Military Imprisons Morsi & Banned His Political Party

    Morsi is imprisoned and his political party is banned