Decolonization in Africa

Question 1

When did decolonization in Africa occur?

Answer 1

1945 - 1980

Question 2

What happened during the decolonization of Africa?

Answer 2

many nations of Africa finally gained independence from the European (Western) nations that controlled them.

Question 3

How was independence in Africa achieved?

Answer 3

Independence was achieved largely due to the efforts of nationalist leaders who led movements to gain self-government.

Kenyatta- Gained independence for Kenya.
Kwame- Gained independence for Ghana.

Question 4

South Africa after independence

Answer 4

After independence, white Europeans still controlled the government of South Africa.
They established the racist system known as apartheid.

Question 5

Apartheid

Answer 5

was the system of racial segregation that was used in South Africa from 1948
until 1990. Black South Africans were required to use separate bathrooms, attend
separate schools, carry identification passbooks, and even go to separate beaches.

Question 6

Nelson Mandela

Answer 6

• Black South African nationalist leader who fought against Apartheid
• imprisoned for 27 years by the white South African government
• first black president of South Africa after apartheid officially came to an end in 1990.

Question 7

Rwanda after independence

Answer 7

ethnic conflict between two groups in the African nation of Rwanda: the Hutus and the Tutsis.

1994- The Hutus slaughtered 800,000 Tutsis in only a few months.
(GENOCIDE)