AD leaders Flashcards

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Kwame Nkruman led

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Ghana

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Kwame Nkrumans title in goveremnt

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1st president of Ghana

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Kwame Nkrumans

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  • Ghanaian politician who drove ideas of Independence from Britain
    -supported pan-africanism
  • theorized political Independence would lead to economic stability and tolerance
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4
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Jomo Kenyattas title in goverment

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1st Kenyan prime minister
1st Kenyan president

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Jomo Kenyattas

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-Nationalist who helped create and lead the Kenya African National Union
-Played a huge role in Kenyan independence from Britain

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6
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Patrice Lumumba led

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Democratic republic of Congo

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Patrice Lumumba

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First prime minister, nationalist and advocate for pan- africanism
-Helped transform Congo from a Belgian colony to independent
- assassinated by a military coup

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Gamal Abdel Nassar led

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Egypt

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Gamal Abdel Nassar

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  • Arab nationalist who overthrew monarch in military coup
  • president of Egypt
  • proponent of pan africanism
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10
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Nelson Mandela

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-early ANC leader who fought government oppression and apartheid
- convicted of treason and given a life sentence but still maintained power and authority
- after he was released he became president of south africa (after apartheid ended)

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Pol Pot

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Cambodian dictator in the 1970s that was responsible for the deaths of millions as Cambodia switched to communist government

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Khmer rouge

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Cambodian communist military or militia groups that carried out atrocities in the name of Pol pot

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