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The Golden age of Exploration is where people started to sail around Africa
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Europeans began making trades with African people living in southern Sahara.
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In the early 1500's the European trader traded Africas guns and weapons for slaves. After the trade was made the slaves were sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to help the American people raise cotton and deal with sugar.
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The European people began to make trading post in Africa.
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the trading post helped the European people take over other countries and use their resources to benefit themselves, or their country.
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Europe had almost all of Africa by the 1900's. When they had almost of Africa the part that they had took were made slaves.
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In cause of World War 2 Africans started to go against colonization.
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In 1910 South Africa was given independence from Great Britain.
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The Kikuyu people of Kenya started a political organization to fight for freedom for Great Britain.
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In 1930 Italy had grabbed almost every inch of Ethiopia.
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In 1948 Afrikaners made a apartheid law. White people couldn't marry black people and the black South African's had horrible health care, and schooling. Blacks could not vote so they had no say in the government. The blacks were forced to work and listen to the Afrikaners.
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Sudan gained their independence in 1956 from Great Britain.
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Nigeria became independent in 1960 after a hard tackle against the British.
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In 1962 Rwanda got independence after a outbreak of violence.
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Kenya became independent in 1963, it took Kenya a long while before they became independent.
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Nelson Mandela was one of the best known African National Congress leader. Instead of upgrading to a Clan leader he went to law school to be a lawyer instead.
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Nelson Mandela was arrested for his actions.
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Joseph Mobutu gained power in 1965, over the people in Congo over violence.
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The Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent.
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there was a Civil War from 1983 - 2005.
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F.W. De klerk was elected for president for South Africa.
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Mendela and de Klerk were awarded Nobel Piece prize for their work in the apartheid
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The violence in Rwanda continued from 1962 - 1994. From 1962 - 1992 about 800,00 to 1 million Tutsi people were killed from the violence.
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In 2010 the Tutsi people wanted a democratic government.
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In 2011 Ben Ali was the president and signed and then a democratic government was elected.
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Qaddafi was murdered and then a new government was elected.
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Mubarak was a dictator who controlled Egypt for 30 years
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In 2011 Rebel groups didn't like the new government which lead to more violence.
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Mubarak was replaced by Islamic Fundamentalist. witch was lead by Mohammed Morsi.
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Morsi's government was removed by the military, because of of his political party.