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During the Golden Age of Exploration, Europeans began to sail south around the continent of Africa in an attempt to reach the wealth of silks and spices found in India and China. -
European traders began to sell Africans guns and European made goods in exchange for slaves. -
The Europeans began to build trading posts in Africa -
Europeans were colonizing or taking over another country for the resources it could provide. -
Europe had taken over nearly all of Africa. -
Africans began to seriously rebel against colonization. -
South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain. -
People of Kenya began a political organization. -
The only country to remain uncolonized was Ethiopia. -
Pan-Africanism was a belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide. -
They made apartheid law. -
The start of first the civil war in Africa. -
Sudan gained independence. -
Ghana started to gain its independence. -
Belgium Congo became independent. -
Nigeria became independent after fighting with the British. -
Rwanda gained independence after some trouble. -
Kenya finally gained its independence after years of trying to gain independence. -
Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life
in prison. -
Joseph Mobutu seized power. -
The first civil war ended in Africa. -
They tried to declare themselves independent. -
The start of the second war in Africa. -
F.W. de Klerk became the president of South Africa. -
Nelson Mandela was released from prison. -
Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Nelson Mandela was elected president. -
Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people. -
The end of the second civil war in Africa. -
The people of Tunisia began to want a more democratic government. -
South Sudan gained independence -
Ben Ali quit then a democratic government was elected. -
Qaddafi was captured and killed.