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Europeans begin to set up colonies
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Africans start to trade with newly arrived Europeans
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African traders begin to sell slaves to Europeans for guns and other goods
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Europeans begin building trading posts
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Southern and Eastern Africa become the first colonized part of Africa
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Slave trade is mostly outlawed
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Europe begins actively colonizing Africa
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Africans regains power
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Africa is almost fully divided up among Europe countries
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South Africa gains their independence
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Kikuyu people organize a political stand against Britain
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Ethiopia is invaded by Italy
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African independence movements gain momentum
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South Africa adopts Apartheid
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Most of Africa becomes independent.
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Southerners in Sudan rebel against northern rule
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Ghana gains independent
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Nigeria becomes independent
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Belgium grants the Belgium Congo independence
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Nelson Mandela is jailed
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Kenya gains independance
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Joseph Mobutu takes power over the Belgium Congo and changes the name to Zaire
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The Igbo attempt to leave Nigeria
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F.W. de Klerk is elected South Africa's president
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South Africa's president releases Nelson Mandela and ends Apartheid
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F.W. de Klerk's term ends
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Nelson Mandela is elected president
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Hutu military and militia killed between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people in a few months
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Civil wars in Sudan end.
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Arab Sprin movements begin
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South Sudan becomes independent.
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Tunisia's dictator resigns and a more substantial government is put in place
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Morsi is imprisoned and his political party is banned