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  In the 1400 the Europeans began to sail south to reach the wealthy silks and spices found India and China
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  In the 1500s the Europeans trader began to sell tools to buy slaves/people.
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  In the 1500s Europeans started to build trading post and by the 1800s they were colonizing countrys
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  By the 1900s Europe took most of Africa
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  In the mid 1900s because of the events that happened during World War II the Africans began to rebel against colonization.
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  In 1910 South Africa was granted to be independent by Great Britain.
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  In the 1920s the Kenya people began a political colonization
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  In the 1930s Italy invaded Ethiopia
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  Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which was the belief of Black Africans worldwide
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  In 1948 Afrikaners made apartheid law
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  In 1956 Sudan became independent
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  In 1956 he people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars.
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  In 1957 Ghana would gain its independence
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  In 1960 Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle.
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  In the 1960s the Belgium Congo became independent.
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  In 1962 Rwanda became independent
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  In 1963 Kenya became independent
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  In 1964 Mandela was arrested and sentenced for life
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  In 1965 seized power because the Belgium Congo was unable to create a stable government.
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  In 1972 the civil war ended
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  In 1976 the Igbo people tried to claim themselves independent and failed.
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  In 1983 millions of people die
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  In 1989 F.W. de Klerk was elected president.
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  In the 1990s F.W. de Klerk announced the end of apartheid
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  In 1993 Mandela and de Klerk were awarded a Noble Piece Prize for their work in ending apartheid
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  In 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes president after they opened the elections.
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  In 1994 Hutu became engaged in genocide against Tutsi
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  In 2005 most of the dying from the war stopped
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  In 2011Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence.
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  In 2013 the government was overthrown.