Imperialism In Africa By Reagan Striker 1400 Europeans began to sail south 1500 European traders began to sell Africans guns and European made goods in exchange for slaves 1800 They were colonizing or taking over another country for the resources it could provide 1900 Europe had taken over nearly all of Africa 1910 South Africa was granted independence from Great Britain 1920 The Kikuyu people of Kenya began a political organization This happened in the 1920s 1930 The only country to remain uncolonized was Ethiopia though Italy did invade the country 1940 In Ghana the Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism This happened in 1940s. 1948 White South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law 1950 Inspired by the events of World War II Africans began to seriously rebel against colonization This happened in the mid 1900s. 1956 Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain 1957 Ghana would gain its independence 1960 Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle against the British 1960 Belgium Congo became independent 1962 Independence came to Rwanda in 1962 after which violence broke out and the Hutu took control. 1963 It took years but Kenya became independent 1964 Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for his actions. 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power 1972 After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972 1976 Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent 1989 F.W. de Klerk was elected president of South Africa 1993 In 1990, he announced the end of apratheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison 1994 South Africa held its first open elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected the new president 1994 The country continued to experience violence until 1994 when Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people. 2005 After independence, the people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars from 1956 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005. 2010 In 2010, people in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government. 2011 Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence. 2011 In 2011, President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was elected. 2011 Qaddafi was captured and killed in 2011, and a new government was elected. 2011 He was forced to resign in 2011. 2012 Mubarak was replaced by an Islamic fundamentalist government led by Mohammed Morsi in 2012. 2013 Morsi’s term was short because in 2013, his government was overthrown by the military.