Chap 30 Africa and the Middle East

Africa African Independence – 1950’s-1960’s- France and Great Britain Kwame Nkrumah- Gold Coast- Ghana – Nigeria, Congo, Kenya seventeen emerged- 60’s- 11 more – National Liberation Front Algeria – South Africa- 1950’s- Apartheid- Sharpeville Massacre- 69 Deaths _k _k – Nelson Mandela- 1962

Capitalism vs. Socialism- Kenya, Congo- Tanzania, Guinea – Pan-Africanism- Organization of African Unity- 32 countries to 52 Problems- Liberia-Nigeria- AIDS- Wibenzi – Politics Leaders were killed- Ethnic problems and boundaries Ibo in Nigeria- Tutsi vs. Hutu- Rwanda- 500,000 dead Hope- Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, –

Culture in Modern Africa- Cities look like European cities- rural areas are rough – Women’s role- vote, work and maternal societies- Chinua Achebe- “Things fall apart” Pg graph, pg , pg pic question, pg Question 2-7

The Middle East Palestine in May 14 th -15 th - – Egypt Abdel Nasser- Suez Canal- war with Great Britain – Pan-Arabism- United Arab Republic Nasser blockade against Israel- Israel responded – Took the West Bank- Anar el-SAdat OPEC

Palestine Liberation Organization- PLO- Al-Fatah- Yasir Arafat – Intifada- uprising – Iran- Ayatollah Khomeini republic Sunni Muslim – Iraq- Saddam Hussein Mine fields and Gas on the Kurds Kuwait- and in Weapons of Mass destruction – Afghanistan and USSR- Al-Qaeda and the Taliban oaUqvAS8&feature=related oaUqvAS8&feature=related

Society – Islamic Revivalism- Western Jihad- Al-Qaeda plans Unfavorable thoughts of Islam – Women’s Role- 1970’s traditional role Pg , pg