Final Flashcards
Kenya. War in 1950s
Mau Mau war
The Mau Mau Rebels begin with…
the killing of a white settler in 1952
Operation Jock Scott Oct 1952 and Operation Anvil 1954
both in Nairobi, swept through the city stopping all Africans to see if they are with the Mau Mau
Portugal’s dictator that didn’t want to end colonization
Antonio Salazar (1932-68) and Marcello Caetano (1968-74),
Mozambique War start
1960 with the Mueda Massacre (500 killed by Portuguese forces)
Mueda Massacre inspired X
FRELIMO led by Eduardo Mondlane and then by Samora Machel backed by USSR
FRELIMO used X as a staging area and war became a X war
Recently independent Tanzania and conventional war
Angola War began with…
a rural rebellion in northern Angola
First Angolan rebel faction
FNLA (1961), led by Holden Roberto, based in the North and popular among the Bakongo ethnic group
FNLA staging country and backer
Congo/Zaire and US (initially)
Second Angolan rebel faction
MPLA (1963), led by Agostino Neto, based in Luanda
MPLA staging country and backer
Zambia and USSR
Third Angolan rebel faction
UNITA (1966), led by Jonas Savimbi, based in the South among the Ovimbundu ethnic group
UNITA staging country and backer
Kicked out of Zambia, started with China and then switched to US during Civil War
Guinea-Bissau rebel movement
PAIGC (1956), led by Amilcar Cabral
PAIGC backers
Rep. of Guinea, Cuba (Castro), USSR, Senegal (1966) and Nigeria (1970)
Caetano was overthrown in 1974 by the military. Tried to create a regime under Antonio de Spinola, but that didn’t work. When the new democratic nation came in, they gave independence to all the African nations in 1975
Carnation Revolution 1974
First major Cango political party
ABAKO, led by Joseph Kasavubu, wanted to reunite Bakongo across different Arican countries, based in Leopoldville.
Second major Congo political party
MNC, led by Patrice Lumumba, based in Stanleyville, wanted Congo do be a coherent independent state
Third major Cango poltical party
CONAKAT, led by Moise Tshombe, based in Katanga, wanted Katanga to be its own country, pro-western and anti-communist
Fourth major Congo Political party
South Kasai, led by Albert Kalonji, similar motives to CONAKAT
First President of Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
First PM of Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Near collapse of Congo gave an opportunity to X
Katanga Secession (1960-63).
Katanga Secession (1960-63).
UN force (ONUC) called in, crushed in 1963. Followout from Congo independence.
Rebellion in the East (1964-67)
Rebels were supporters of Lumumba and backed by USSR and China. Crushed by American and Francophone forces. Gave rise to Mobutu.