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1500
Africa Starts to Trade With Europeans
The Europeans find the Africans and start trading goods with them. The Africans traded slaves for guns and European goods. -
1550
Europeans Set Up Trade Posts
Europeans start trading with Africans, which leads to the Europeans setting up trade posts in Africa. -
Colonizing starts in Africa
The Europeans thought they could more money if they colonize Africa. So that led to the Europeans starting to colonize Africa. -
Europeans Colonize all of Africa Except Ethiopia
The Europeans have colonized every country in Africa, except Ethiopia. -
South Africa Is Given its Freedom Back
Along with all the other countries gaining freedom, Great Britain gives all of Southern Africa its freedom back. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Ethiopia remained the only African country that was not invaded, until the Italians invaded. -
Kwame Nkrumah introduces the idea of Pan-Africanism
Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism. This is the idea of all Africans world-wide would come together in unity. -
Afrikaners pass apartheid law
People who were White South African (Afrikaners) made an apartheid law. This meant Black South Africans had to work where and when Afrikaners wanted them to. -
World War II Inspires the Africans to Rebel Against Europe.
World War II was finished and the Africans got the idea of rebelling against Europe -
Sudan Gains Independence
Sudan joins the other countries in freedom. -
The First Civil War Starts in Sudan
After Sudan gains freedom, the southern half rebels against the northern half. -
Ghana gains independence
In the fight for independence, Ghana breaks free, and is once again independent. -
Nigeria Gains Independence
Nigeria struggles, but eventually defeats Britain and gains independence. -
Belgium Congo is once again independent
Belgium Congo is now one of the independent countries -
Independence arrives at Rwanda
The Belgium government gave Rwanda freedom, which led to violence breaking out in Rwanda. -
Kenya Breaks Free
Kenya will now join Ghana and Nigeria in the independent life. -
Nelson Mandela is sentenced life in Jail
Nelson Mandela joins the revolts for freedom, and is arrested and sentenced for life. -
Joseph Mobutu renames Belgium Congo to Zaire
Joseph Mobutu seizes power of Belgium Congo. After this he renames it Zaire. Mobutu would go on to rule for 32 uninterrupted years. -
The First Sudan Civil War Ends
The first Civil War in Sudan comes to an end, just to start up again later. -
Nigeria suffers from conflict among ethnic groups.
After Nigeria becomes independent, it starts to suffer. Nigeria suffers because the ethnic groups do not get along well. -
The Second Civil War Starts in Sudan
After the first war ended southern people rebelled against the northern people again. -
F.W. de Clerk becomes president
F.W. de Clerk is voted president of South Africa. -
F.W. de Clerk stops apartheid
The new President F.W. de Clerk puts a stop to apartheid. -
Nelson Mandela is Released from Prison
F.W. de Clerk released Nelson Mandela from prison. -
Nelson Mandela is Elected President
Nelson Mandela is elected president in the first South African open election. -
Violence Comes to an End in Rwanda
After Rwanda gained freedom, violence broke out and lasted for 32 years -
The Second Civil War Comes to an End in Sudan
The Second Civil War comes to an end. Millions of people died. -
People in Tunisia Strive for a Better Government
After the British stopped colonizing Africa, Tunisia was left poor. The people of Tunisia did not like that and tried to have a better government. -
Sudan gives South Sudan Independence
After the civil wars were over, Sudan gave South Sudan its Independence. -
President Ben Ali Resigns
The President Ben Ali resigns and a democratic government is elected.