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This is when Europeans began to sail towards the south around the content of Africa in attempt to reach all of the resources they needed and wanted
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In the beginning of the 1500’s Europeans began to sell African guns and goods made by themselves. They traded that stuff for slaves.
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This is when the Europeans began to build trading posts for trading their good so they can get slaves
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Now, the Europeans are taking over a lot of countries for the recourses the countries provided that they needed and wanted.
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In the beginning of the 1900’s Europeans had almost taken over all of Africa!
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In the mid 1900’s during WWII, Africans began to rebel against colonization.
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South Africa gained independence from Great Britain
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In the 1920’s, Kenya began a political organization to fight for freedom from Great Britain.
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In 1930, Italy took over the last remaining country which was Ethiopia
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In the 1940’s Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of all Black Africans worldwide.
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White South Africans made apartheid law.
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Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain
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People in the south went against northern rule leading to two civil wars.
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Ghana will gain it’s independence on 1957. There would be freedom for the countries.
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In 1960 Nigeria became independent after having a rough time with the British
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Belgium Congo became independent!
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In 1963, it took a couple years, but, Kenya finally became independent.
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Mandela got arrested and sentenced to life
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Joseph Mobutu gained power. He renamed the country Zaire. He also ruled it uninterrupted for 32 years.
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In 1972, the war is still going on
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Nigeria suffered from violence with various groups. In 1976 the Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent.
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The war with Great Britain is still going on
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Klerk announced the end of apratheid and
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Mandela and Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize!
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South Africa held its first open elections that’s when Nelson Mandela was elected the new president.
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The country kept having to experience violence until Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people.
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Now the fight is coming to an end.
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People in Tunisia began to search for a more democratic government.
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Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence!!
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Morsi’s government was overthrown by the military in 2013