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In the 1400s the Europeans they began to make long sea voyages, they learned the riches of Africa
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They began trading with Europeans who had recently arrived on their coastlines.
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Gold drew Europeans to Africa, just as it had drawn Arab traders.
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The trans-Saharan trade had long included enslaved people.
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They began selling enslaved people for guns and other European goods.
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In the early 1500s the Europeans had built trading post on the African coast
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Britain, France, Germany, and Portugal set up colonial rule along the west coast and then moved farther inland.
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Belgium colonized a large region of Central Africa.
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Were also colonized as early as the 1600s
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Dutch and British trading companies built supply posts for traders traveling to Asia
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By the early 1800s Europeans Power began actively colonizing Africa.
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By 1900, European nations had divided most of Africa into colonies.
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They gained there Independence in 1910.
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They were the only country that was never colonized it was invaded though by Italy in the 1930s
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Many Africans suffered under colonial rule. Some last their land, and others were forced to work for little or no pay.
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When they fought back against colonizers, they were quickly defeated by the Europeans modern weapons.
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They made positive changes by outlawing slavery and introducing modern health care. They improved transportation, but mainly to help them ship natural resources to Europe. They also built schools to give Africans access to education.
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Africans resented having little or no control over their own government. Some colonies did ask a few Africans to help run their governments. As these Africans became educated, leaders emerged.
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They had little or no control over their own government. some colonies did ask a few Africans to help run their governments.
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In 1948, they adopted apartheid a farmer South African policy of strict separation of races
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It was a political and social movement to unite black Africans around the word. Ghana became independent in 1957
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Nigeria became independent in 1960
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Belgium abruptly granted independence to the Belgium Congo in 1960
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Played a big role in ending apartheid.
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Kenya gained independence in 1963
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Ethnic discord arose soon after independence.
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It was controlled by the Igbo ethic group attempted to leave Nigeria
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They gained it in the 1950s and 1960s
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All races voted together and Mandela became president
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In 2010 Sudan became Independent
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In the 2000s a lot of black farmers were killed
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They elected an Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi