Modern Africa
Timeline ’s - present South Africa won self-rule from Great Britain African National Congress (ANC) opposed white domination Apartheid set up in S. Africa Ghana won independence Kwame Nkrumah Sharpeville Massacre – South Africa Kenya gains independence Jomo Kenyatta Organization of African Unity (OAU) Nelson Mandela freed after 27 years in prison Nelson Mandela elected president of S. Africa Rwanda Civil War – Hutus & Tutsis Darfur, Sudan – Civil War
Vocabulary
Kikuyu African farmers in Kenya
Refugee A person who fled his or her own homeland to seek safety somewhere else.
Tribalism Loyalty to one’s ethnic tribe, rather than their nation.
Genocide An attempt to destroy an entire ethnic or religious group.
Mau Mau Radical Kenyan nationalists that used Guerrilla warfare to fight for independence
Organization of African Unity OAU –African group to promote cooperation among members and seek peaceful solutions to disputes
Desertification Spread of desert areas
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome –Epidemic – 24.5 million people infected
Sahel Semi-desert region south of the Sahara Desert
Deforestation Rainforests cleared, cut down
Apartheid Legal separation of the races
Homelands Areas where blacks were forced to live in South Africa – bad soil, ghettos
African National Congress ANC –South African group opposed to White Domination – used boycotts, marches, & strikes
Janjaweed Arab militiamen backed by the Sudan Government