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Africa's History
Development of Africa - Colonization to Today
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apartheid | System of separation of races in South Africa |
| Boers | Dutch farmers who moved inland to settle in southern Africa |
| Dutch | First Europeans to set up a colony at the Cape of Good Hope |
| British | European country that colonized South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria |
| F.W. DeKlerk | White president of South Africa who started the process to end apartheid |
| Nelson Mandela | First black president of South Africa; long time fighter against apartheid |
| Zulu | Tribe in southern Africa known as fierce warriors who attempted to fight off the British |
| Nigeria | Country that became independent in 1960 but suffered civil war caused by unequal distribution of resources and religious differences |
| KANU | Organization in Kenya that fought for independence |
| Jomo Kenyatta | First black president of Kenya; led the fight for freedom in Kenya |
| Pan Africanism | Movement to bring back African culture and traditions to previously colonized countries; many supporters lived outside of Africa |
| Nationalism | Sense of pride in one's country |
| Imperialism | One country takes over many other countries to build up an empire and to gain power and control of resources |
| Slave Trade | The export of many Africans to the Americas, mainly from West Africa |
| Gold Diamonds Rubber | 3 main natural resources that attracted European colonists |
| Ethnic Groups | People with similiar heritage and culture |
| Partitioning | Division of African territory by Europeans, often decided without regard to the existing ethnic groups living there already |
| Indirect Rule | Leadership is assigned to an individual or small group living in the colony but guided by the European country |
| Assimilation | Process of adopting the European colony's culture and possibly becoming a citizen of that European colonizing country |
| ANC | Organization that fought for the end of apartheid |