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1400
the Golden Age of Exploration
the Golden Age of Exploration -
1500
European Traders
European traders began to sell Africans guns and European made goods in exchange for slaves -
Built trading posts.
The Europeans began to build trading posts in Africa in the 1500s and by the early 1800s, they were colonizing or taking over another country for the resources it can provide. -
Europe
By 1900 Europe had grabbed nearly all of Africa. The only country to remain uncolonized was Ethiopia though Italy did invaded the country in 1930. -
COLONIZATION
In the mid 1900s inspired by the events of World War II Africans began to seriously rebel against colonization. -
SOUTH AFRICA
In 1910 South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain. -
Freedom
The Kikuyu people of Kenya began a political organization in the 1920s to fight for freedom from Great Britain. -
COLONIZATION
The only country to remain uncolonized was Ethiopia though Italy did invaded the country in 1930. -
COLONIZATION
In Ghana in the 1940s Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which was a belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide. -
SOUTH AFRICA
In 1948, white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law. -
SUDAN
Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain in 1956. In the northern part of the country most people were Muslim Arabs. -
SUDAN
After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956. -
Independence
Ghana would gain its independence in 1957. -
Some more independents
In 1960 Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle against the British. -
The independents chapter
Belgium Congo became independent in 1960 -
RWANDA
Independence came to Rwanda in 1962 after which violence broke out and the Hutu took control. -
Independence
It took years but Kenya became independent in 1963. Jomo Kenyatta would become the newly independent Kenya’s first leader. -
SOUTH AFRICA
In 1964, Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for his actions. -
Power
As a result, in 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power. He renamed the country Zaire and ruled uninterrupted for 32 years. -
SUDAN
After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972. -
Independence
Nigeria suffered from violence among its many ethnic groups. In 1976 the Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent. -
SUDAN
After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972 and from 1983 -
SOUTH AFRICA
Mandela would not be silenced and continued to protest from prison. F.W. de Klerk was elected president of South Africa in 1989. -
Still SOUTH AFRICA
In 1990, he announced the end of apratheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison -
More SOUTH AFRICA
In 1993, Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid. -
SOUTH AFRICA
In 1994, South Africa held its first open elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected the new president. -
RWANDA
he country continued to experience violence until 1994 when Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people. -
SUDAN
After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005 -
ARAB SPRING
One of the worst outcomes of colonialism was it left countries with weak governments that often became dictatorships. In 2010, people in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government. -
SUDAN
In 2011, Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence. -
ARAB SPRING
Morsi’s term was short because in 2013, his government was overthrown by the military