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The Europeans find the Africans and start trading goods with them. The Africans traded slaves for guns and European goods.
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Europeans start trading with Africans, which leads to the Europeans setting up trade posts in Africa.
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The Europeans thought they could more money if they colonize Africa. So that led to the Europeans starting to colonize Africa.
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The Europeans have colonized every country in Africa, except Ethiopia.
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Along with all the other countries gaining freedom, Great Britain gives all of Southern Africa its freedom back.
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Ethiopia remained the only African country that was not invaded, until the Italians invaded.
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Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism. This is the idea of all Africans world-wide would come together in unity.
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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.
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World War II was finished and the Africans got the idea of rebelling against Europe
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Sudan joins the other countries in freedom.
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After Sudan gains freedom, the southern half rebels against the northern half.
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In the fight for independence, Ghana breaks free, and is once again independent.
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Nigeria struggles, but eventually defeats Britain and gains independence.
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Belgium Congo is now one of the independent countries
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The Belgium government gave Rwanda freedom, which led to violence breaking out in Rwanda.
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Kenya will now join Ghana and Nigeria in the independent life.
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Nelson Mandela joins the revolts for freedom, and is arrested and sentenced for life.
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Joseph Mobutu seizes power of Belgium Congo. After this he renames it Zaire. Mobutu would go on to rule for 32 uninterrupted years.
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The first Civil War in Sudan comes to an end, just to start up again later.
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After Nigeria becomes independent, it starts to suffer. Nigeria suffers because the ethnic groups do not get along well.
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After the first war ended southern people rebelled against the northern people again.
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F.W. de Clerk is voted president of South Africa.
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The new President F.W. de Clerk puts a stop to apartheid.
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F.W. de Clerk released Nelson Mandela from prison.
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Nelson Mandela is elected president in the first South African open election.
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After Rwanda gained freedom, violence broke out and lasted for 32 years
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The Second Civil War comes to an end. Millions of people died.
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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.
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After the civil wars were over, Sudan gave South Sudan its Independence.
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The President Ben Ali resigns and a democratic government is elected.