Colonization and Independence in Africa

  • 1400

    Colonies

    Europeans began to start colonizing Africa
  • 1400

    Voyages

    Europeans began making voyages to Africa
  • 1500

    Slavery

    Traders begin to trade slaves for guns
  • 1500

    Trading Posts

    Europeans began building trading posts on African coast
  • Other location Being Colonized

    Southern and Eastern Africa begins being colonized
  • Slavery Being Outlawed

    Slave trade was being outlawed
  • Colonizing

    Europe began rapidly colonizing Africa
  • European Nations

    By now most of Africa was colonized
  • Power

    Africans regain power over their lands
  • Mandela

    Released from prison
  • South Africa

    Independence gained
  • South Africa

    Gained independence from Britain
  • Political Organizations

    People started political organization with goal of independence from Britain
  • Ethiopia

    Invaded by Italy
  • Indépendant Moments

    African independence movements gained momentum
  • Apartheid

    Adopted Apartheid, a former South African policy of separation of races
  • Africa

    Most of Africa gained independence at this time
  • Sudan

    Gained independance
  • Ghana

    Became independent at this time
  • ANC Leaders

    Nelson Mandela was a ANC leader and was jailed at this time
  • Nigeria

    Became independent at this time
  • Belgian Congo

    Belgium granted independence to Belgian Congo
  • Nelson Mandela

    Continued to protest from prison
  • Kenya

    Gained independence at this time
  • Joseph Mobutu

    Seized power and changed countries name
  • Igbo

    Controlled oil-rich region
  • F.W. de Klerk

    South Africa's president and realized apartheid destroying South Africa
  • Democratic Election

    First democratic election
  • Election

    Mandela became president of South Africa
  • Hutu Military

    Killed and estimated 800000 to 1 million Tutsis
  • Sudanese Government

    Killed hundreds of thousand of people mostly black farmers
  • Civil War

    This Civil War killed Several million people
  • Arab Spring

    Bagan in Tunisia
  • South Sudan

    Became independent at this time
  • Tunisia

    Their dictator resigned in the January of 2011
  • New Constitution

    limited Kings power and strengthened parliament
  • Qaddafi

    Killed in October and new government formed
  • President Hosni Mubarak

    was protested to resign by the Arab Spring
  • Mohammad Morsi

    Elected as new Islamist president
  • Morsi

    Was imprisoned by Military and his political party was banned