AD leaders Flashcards
Kwame Nkruman led
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumans title in goveremnt
1st president of Ghana
Kwame Nkrumans
- Ghanaian politician who drove ideas of Independence from Britain
-supported pan-africanism - theorized political Independence would lead to economic stability and tolerance
Jomo Kenyattas title in goverment
1st Kenyan prime minister
1st Kenyan president
Jomo Kenyattas
-Nationalist who helped create and lead the Kenya African National Union
-Played a huge role in Kenyan independence from Britain
Patrice Lumumba led
Democratic republic of Congo
Patrice Lumumba
First prime minister, nationalist and advocate for pan- africanism
-Helped transform Congo from a Belgian colony to independent
- assassinated by a military coup
Gamal Abdel Nassar led
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nassar
- Arab nationalist who overthrew monarch in military coup
- president of Egypt
- proponent of pan africanism
Nelson Mandela
-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)
Pol Pot
Cambodian dictator in the 1970s that was responsible for the deaths of millions as Cambodia switched to communist government
Khmer rouge
Cambodian communist military or militia groups that carried out atrocities in the name of Pol pot