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1500
Beginning of trading for slaves
European traders began to sell African guns and European made goods in exchange for slaves -
1500
Slavery
More than 13 million people had been removed from their homeland to become slaves. -
Colonization
The Europeans built race post in 1700s and were colonizing and taking over other country’s for resources. -
Britain stealing Egypt
Great Britain stole Egypt for the sues canal a man made waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. -
Britain’s railroad
Great Britain had tried taking over a line of land so they could make a train from the top to the bottom of Africa. -
Belgium Congo
The Belgium Congo was the worst taking all of there land and they were forced to work for no pay, -
Rwanda
Rwanda is small and divided by the ethnic groups minority Tutsi and majority Hutu -
Southern Africa
In 1910 South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain. -
Southern Africa’s government
In Southern Africa after they got their independence the government had been controlled by the white when there was not much. -
Nelson Mandela school
Instead of becoming a clan leader nelson Mandela went to school to become a lawyer -
South Africa
Under apartheid black South Africans were forced to live and work where whites demanded -
South Africa
They had formed the African national Congress to work for government change -
Sudan’s independence
Sudan gained its independence in the year 1956, and got it by Great Britain -
Belgium Congo’s Independence
The Belgium Congo became independent in 1960, and the country was unable to create a stable government. -
Independence
Countries that had independence and had been colonized were economically devastated -
Rwanda independence
Rwanda had gotten its independence in 1962 when Hutu took control -
Kenya’s independence
Kenya had become independent in the year 1963, and Joao Kenyatta became Kenya’s first leader. -
Kenya’s leader
In 1963 Joao Kenyatta had become Kenya’s first leader -
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is the best known leader for the Frisian national Congress. -
Nelson Mandela job
Mandela as an adult he began to protest apartheid and got arrested -
Nelson Mandela arrested
Nelson Mandela had gotten arrested for life for his actions -
Belgium Congo’s leader
In 1965 bJoseph Mobutu seized power of Belgium and had renamed it Zaire. -
Zaire
Joseph mobutu seized power for 32 years and suffering of the congo continued -
Nigeria
Nigeria suffered from violence among its many ethnic groups. -
Igbo people
In 1976 the Igbo people Reid to declare themselves independent and renamed themselves Biafra. -
Nelson Mandela released
In 1990 de Klerk had announced that nelson mandela had been released from his life sentence -
Rwanda
Millions of Hutus escaped into the DRC and they continued to fight -
Arab spring
One of the worst outcomes of colonialism was weak governments that became dictorships -
Arab spring
The dictator Muhammad had refused to step down causing war to break out -
Muammar
Muammar was captured and then killed in the year 2011 and a new government was elected