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Europeans set up colonies in Africa. European power took control of and transformed most of Africa
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Europeans began to set up colonies in Africa. European powers took control of and transformed most of Africa.
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Africans beyond the Sahara began trading with Europeans who had recently arrived on their coastlines.
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Europeans built trading posts on the African Coast.
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African traders began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods.
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large region of central Africa, Southern and Eastern Africa were colonized
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Slave trade was mostly outlawed in the early 1800's.
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European powers began actively colonizing Africa.
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Africans regained power over their own lands.
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Africans regained power over their own lands.
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European nations had divided most of Africa in to colonies. Ethiopia was the only country never colonized.
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South Africa gained independence
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South Africa gained Independence from Britain.
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In Kenya, the Kikuyu people started a political organization in the 1920's with the goal of independence from Britain.
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Ethiopia was the only country that was never colonized. Ethiopia was invaded by Italy
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African independence movements gained momentum
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South Africa adopted Apartheid a former South African policy of strict separation of races.
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Most of Africa gained independence in the 1950's and 1960's
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Ghana became independent
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Nigeria became independent
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Belgium abruptly gained independence to the Belgian Congo.
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Kenya gained Independence
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army leader Joseph Mobutu seized power and changed the country to Zaire
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An oil rich region controlled by the Igbo ethnic group attempted to leave Nigeria.