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European's sailed around to south Africa, trying to gain spices and silk from India and China. The European's gained a lot of knowledge from this adventure about the people of Africa.
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Slave traders sold guns and goods for slaves. The slaves worked on sugar, rice, and cotton farms.
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Europeans built trading posts in Africa. Trading posts are locations that the Europeans and the Africans traded goods like sugar and cotton
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The Europeans started taking over Africa for the benefit of themselves. They would gain supplies like gold and slaves.
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In 1900 Europe invaded all of Africa. They took control of the Suez Canal, a waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
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African Americans started reeling against colonization.
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South Africa became independent from Great Britain. The low population of white people controlled the government in South Africa.
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The people of Kenya made a political organzation to rebel against Britain and drying to obtain freedom.
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Kwame Nkrumah introduced Pan-Africanism. Pan-Africanism is the belief that each African American is the same is the next.
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The white South Africans created the law of apartheid. Apartheid made it legal to sort people based on their race. During this time black South Africans had to work and live under the whites direction.
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Sudan obtained independence from Great Britain.
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The multi religion land of the south did not like how the north ruled there land and started rebelling against. This began the start of the first civil war.
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Ghana gained its independence from Britain.
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Nigeria became independent from Great Britain, inspired by Pan-Africanism.
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Belgium Congo game independence from Britain. In result, it could not sustain a functioning government.
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Kenya became independent from Britain, inspired by Pan-Africanism.
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Nelson Mandela began to protest against apartheid. In consequence, he was arrested and sentenced to life prison.
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Belgium Congo couldn't produce a stable government. The unstable government had violence. Joseph Mobutu saw this to his advantage and took power. Violence continued in the Congo.
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Igbo attested independent from the rest of Nigeria. They tried to named the new country Biafra. Igbo trying to separate from Nigeria triggered a civil war that made one million people die. Once these people died, it made Igbo stay part of Nigeria.
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The multi religion land of the south did not like how the north ruled there land and started rebelling against. This is the end of the first cilvil war.
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The multi religion land of the south did not like how the north ruled there land and started rebelling against. This is the start of the second cilvil war.
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When de Klerk was elected president he knew that apartheid had to end.
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de Klerk announced the end of apartheid and released Nelson from prison.
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Nelson Mandela and de Klerk were given the Noble Peace Prize for ending apartheid
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South Africa had its first election that anyone could run for president. Mandela won the election.
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The multi religion land of the south did not like how the north ruled there land and started rebelling against. This is the end of the second cilvil war.
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One of the results leaving your colonized country is that they get left with unstable governments. The people of Tunisia wanted a better government. They set to the task of trying to solve there government situation. They aimed for a democratic government. This event became known as the Arab Springs.
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Northern Sudan admitted South Sudan's independence from the north. South Sudan achieved this through persevering through two civil wars.
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Muammar Qaddafi was the president of Libya. When he refused to retire the position war broke out. The people fighting Qaddafi were supported by many countries. When Qaddafi was finally captured and killed. Once he was killed, Libya stared another government, but not everyone enjoyed the new government. In result, the violence has continued.
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When the Arab spring began, at the time Hosni Mubarak was the leader of Egypt. He had leadership over Egypt for 30 years. He was made to resign. He was replaced by an Islamic fundamentalist government.
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In Tunisia, president Ben Ali stepped down. Once he retired from that position Tunisia became a democratic government. This inspired Algeria and Morocco to have this same success.