21st/20th Century Politics Flashcards
Who was the first president of Ghana (Gold Coast)?
Kwame Nkrumah
Who was the first leader of Senegal?
Leopold Senghor
Who was the first leader of Guinea?
Ahmed Sekou Toure
Who was the first leader of Tanzania/Tanganyika?
Julius Nyerere
Who was the first leader of Mozambique?
Samora Machel
Which African leader died in 1986 in a plane crash, which had led to much speculation in the country from which this leader was from?
Samora Machel of Mozambique
Who was the first president of Kenya?
Jomo Kenyatta
Who was the first president of Cote d’Ivoire?
Felix Houphouet-Boigney
Who was the first leader of Malawi?
Hastings Banda
What are the two official languages of Malawi?
English and Chewa
Who was the architect of apartheid?
Vendrik Verwoerd
Who was crowned in Bangui in 1966?
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Who was arguably the driving force in the ethiopian revolution?
Colonel Mengistu
