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They sailed south because they were trying to attempt to reach wealth and the spices found in India and China.
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European traders began to sell guns and European made goods in exchange for slaves.
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In the 1500s the Europeans started to build trading posts in Africa.
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they were colonizing or taking over another country for the resources it could provide.
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Europe had taken over nearly all of Africa.
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Africans began to seriously rebel against colonization.
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was granted independence from Great Britain. Although white people were a minority (smaller group) in South Africa, they controlled the government and businesses.
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in the 1920s to fight for freedom from Great Britain.
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The only country to remain uncolonized was Ethiopia though Italy did invade the country
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introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which was a belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide.
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known as Afrikaners made apartheid law. Apartheid is a policy of legal separation based on race.
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In the northern part of the country most people were Muslim Arabs.
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In 1956, of the northern part of the country most people were Muslim Arabs.
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In 1956, the northern part of the country most people were Muslim Arabs.
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In 1956, the northern part of the country most people were Muslim Arabs. In the south people were not Arab.
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inspired Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya and Nnamdi Azikiwe in Nigeria to agitate for freedom.
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Nigeria became independent after a fierce struggle against the British.Life was not perfect in Africa after independence.
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would become the newly independent Kenya’s first leader.
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was arrested and sentenced to life
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He renamed the country Zaire and ruled uninterrupted for 32 years.
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people tried to declare themselves independent. They named their new country Biafra.
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In 1990, he announced the end of apartheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison.
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In 1993, Mandela and De Klerk were awarded the Nobel peace prize for their work in ending apartheid.
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In 1994, South Africa held it’s first open elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected the new President.