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Africans began trading across the Sahara with the Europeans
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Europeans built trading posts on the African coast
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African traders began selling slaves for guns
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Southern and Eastern Africa were colonized
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In the early 1800s the slave trade was outlawed
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European powers begin colonizing Africa
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Europeans divided Africa into Colonies
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Indepence came as 3arly as 1910
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people start forming a political organization in Africa
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Ethiopia although never conquered, was attacked 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 African gains independence
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Southern Sudanese people after gaining independence rebelled against the Northern Sudanese
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Ghana becomes an independent country
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Nigeria gains independence
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Belgium gave independence to Congo suddenly
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Kenya gains independence
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Joseph Mobutu gains power
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Igbo tries to leave Nigeria
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F.W de Klerk, who was South Africa's President at the time, released Mandela and ended Apartheid
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all races in South Africa were allowed to vote
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Many black farmers are killed in Darfur
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Democracy movement known as "Arab Spring" began in Tunisia
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South Sudan became independent
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Tunisia's dictator resigns, and more democracy put in place
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New constitution issued in Morocco
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Democracy forced president Hasni Mubarak to resign
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Mohammed Morsi elected president of Egypt