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In the Golden Age of exploration, the Europeans sail south and hit Africa and learned about there wealth and began to trade with the country of Africa
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In the 1500 the Europeans sold Africa guns and European traders made goods for slaves
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They were colonizing Africa to take the country for its resources and money.
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European took over all most all of Africa there was only 1 country left uncolonized
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The mid 1900s when WWII was happening the Africans who are getting treated terrible rebel to try to hit them while they were weak because of WWII
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South Africa was released from Great British rule
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The Kikuyu people of Kenya made a political organization to fight for freedom from Great Britain.
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When Ethiopia was the only country uncolonized Italy invaded the country.
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Kawame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanist this was the belief in the unity of Black Africans all around the world.
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White South Africans were known as Afrikaners made by apartheid law.
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Sudan got independence from Great Britain.
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After independence the population in the south rebelled against northern rule
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Ghana would get there independence.
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Belgium Congo became independent in 1960
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Nigeria got independence after a struggle with the British.
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Kenya gained there Independence
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Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.
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Joseph Mobuto rose to power and renamed the country to Zaire. He was a terrible ruler with a lot of violence.
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Igbo tried independence then renamed to Biafra then had a civil war.
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Shortly after the first civil war against north and south a second one broke out.
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The end of apartheid and Nelson Mandela got released.
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Mandela and de Klerk were awarded to Nobel Peace prize.
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In 1994 South Africa had there first open elections which Nelson Mandela was elected president
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The people in Tunisia started to want a more democratic government.
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Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence.
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The president Ben Ali stepped down letting a democratic government take control.
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Qaddafi was captured and killed and a new government was elected.
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Mubarak was forced to step down from his dictatorship.
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He was the leader of the government that replaced Mubarak.
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Mohammed Morsi term was cut short because he was overthrown by the Military.