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The Europeans traveled around Africa to get goods from Asia. They got silks and spices
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The Europeans would trade guns and goods for African people
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The Europeans start to set up trading posts in Africa where they could trade slaves for goods
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The Europeans started to colonize in Africa, so they could get resources that they needed.
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The Europeans had controlled almost all of Africa. This allowed them to get many resources and slaves.
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After WII the Africans started to rebel against the countries that controlled them.
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South Africa gets independence from Great Britain. Even though the British people are a small minority in South Africa.
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The Kikuyu Kenya people started the organization to get Kenya free. This group then made other Kenya people join with helped them get their independence.
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Ethiopia defended its land until the Italians showed up and conquered the land.
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Kwame Nkrumah believed that all Africans are one group of people.
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This laws that the South Afrikaners create the laws to separate the white and black Africans.This law made it, so only white could go in certain areas.
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In 1956 Sudan gets its independence from Great Britain.
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In 1956 Sudan started a civil war. The civil war was about the north side and south side. The north were mostly Christian. The south was mostly Muslim Arab.
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The country of Ghana got its independence.
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The people of Nigeria became independent from the British in a fierce struggle.
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The Belgium Congo gots its independence from Belgium. They are left with a bad economy.
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After Rwanda gained independence the two groups Tutsi and Hutu people fought for control. The Hutu people ended up taking control.
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It took years for them, but Kenya finally gained independence from Great Britain. Then Jomo Kenyatta was the ruler after its independence.
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Nelson Mandela was a South African that stood up to the apartheid law. Due to his actions he was arrested and had a life sentence.
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Joesph Mobutu seized power in Congo he renamed the country Zaire. He would rule for 32 years.
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In 1972 the civil war between the north and south end. Millions of people died during the civil war.
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The Igbo people in Nigeria try to get independence and declare freedom. They named their new country Biafra.
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F.W. de Klerk was elected South African president and he helped get Nelson Mandela out of prison.
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With the help of J.W. de Klerk they got rid of the apartheid law. This allowed black people to go anywhere they wanted.
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Nelson Mandela and J.W. de Klerk won the Nobel Peace prize because they ended the apartheid.
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Nelson Mandela was elected as the president of South Africa. He was the first president after the apartheid.
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The Hutu people with control want to take out the Tutsi. They want to wipe out the Tutsi completely. Between 800,000 to 1 million Tutsi people were killed.
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In 2010 Tunisia wanted a democracy. They used social media to corrupt the government.
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In 2011 Ben Ali resigned from president. This led to a democracy kind of government.
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Qaddafi was the Libya leader. He refused to step down, so war broke out. The United States helped the rebels fighting against him.
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Hosni Mubarak resigned as president after 30 years.
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He was an Islamic fundamentalist government.
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In 2013 Morsi was overthrown by the military. He was then imprisoned and his political party was banned. This gave more power to the police and military.