Colonization and Independence in Africa By Camoali04 1400 Europe started long sea voyages 1400 Africans beyond Sahara began trading with Europe 1500 Africans began selling enslaved people for guns and European goods 1500 Europeans built trading posts on the African coast 1600 Southern and Eastern Africa began colonizing 1800 Slave trade was outlawed but European interference continued 1800 Europeans powers began actively colonizing Africa 1900 Europe transformed and took control of Africa 1900 European nations had divided most of Africa in colonies 1910 South Africa independence 1910 South Africa gained independence form Britain 1920 Kikuyu people started a political organization 1930 Ethiopia was invaded by Italy 1940 African independance gained momentum 1948 Adoption of apartheid 1950 Most Africa gained independence 1956 Sudan Independence 1957 Ghana became independent 1960 Nigeria became independent 1960 Belgium granted independence to Belgian Conogo 1962 ANC leader jailed 1963 Kenya gained independence 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power and changed country's name to Zaire 1967 oil rich region controlled by Igbo 1989 F.W de Klerk, South Africa president 1990 Mandela released from prison 1994 South Africa president term ended 1994 South Africans of all races voted 1994 800,000 to 1 million tutsis killed 2000 Black farmers were killed 2005 Civil wars raged 2010 Arab Spring 2011 South Sudan became independent 2011 Tunisian dictator resigned 2011 New constitution 2011 Qaddafi was killed 2011 President Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign 2012 Egyptians elected an Islamist president 2013 Military imprisoned Morsi