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Africa is divided into diverse cultural nations
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Lake Tanganyika is discovered
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Lake Victoria is discovered
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European countries meet to divide Africa among them
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European exploration leads to colonial expansion to the center of Africa
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The Battle of Tanga and a guerrilla campaign by Germany are fought in Africa. Africans’ loyalty to colonizers increases.
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Germany loses African colonies to France and the UK
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Italy invades and captures Ethiopia
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Northern Africa serves as an important theater. Many Africans fight alongside their colonizers. It is also used as a launch point for the Allied invasion of Italy
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Africa now holds 53 sovereign States, with many borders being similar to those drawn at the Berlin Convention.
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The Organization of African Unity is formed to create an alliance for the betterment of the continent as a whole.
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The African Union replaces the OAU
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The EU and AU reach an agreement that lays out a strategy for the development of Africa