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During this time period Europeans began to travel south around the continent of Africa to reach the wealth of silks and spices in India and China
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European Traders began to sell European made goods in exchange for slaves. The slaves were then transported across the Atlantic Ocean to Americans
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The Europeans began to build trading posts and by the early 1800s they were colonizing another country
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Europe has taken over nearly all of Africa, the only country remaining was Ethiopia.
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South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain
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People of Kenya began a organization to fight for freedom from Great Britain
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Italy eventually invaded Ethiopia
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Afrikaners made the Apartheid Law, the Apartheid is a policy of legal separation based on race
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After the independence the people in the south rebelled against people in the north
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Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain
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Ghana eventually would gain its independence in 1957
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Nigeria eventually became independent after a fierce struggle against the British
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Belgium Congo came independent in 1960
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Rwanda Independence finally came to them in 1962
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After the fight for independence Kenya became independent in 1963
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Nelson Mandela began to protest the Aparheid Law, and Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life for his actions
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Joseph Moburtu came in power in 1965 for the country Belgium Congo
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The first Civil war ends
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The Igbo people tried to be independent and they named their country Biafra, the actions of these people launched a civil war and over one million people died
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Civil War number 2 starts
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F. W. De Klerk was elected president and released the Apratheid Law could not continue
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De Kelerk announced the end of the Apartheid Law and released Nelson Mandela from prison
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Hutu experienced violence until 1994 when Hutu began to engage in fighting against Tutsi people, 800,000 to 1 million Tutsi people were murdered
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South Africa held the first open elections, Nelson Mandela was elected the new president
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The second Civil War ends and millions of people died
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Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government, this was none as the Arab Spring
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President Ben Ali resigns and a democratic government was elected
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Dictator Muhammad Qaddafi refused to step down and a war broke out, many other countries joined. Eventually Qaddafi was captured and killed
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Sudan finally recognized South Sudan’s independence
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Islamic fundamentalist government led by Mohammed Morsi was over thrown by the military, leaving Morsi imprisoned and his political party banned.