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Africa Since Independence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decolonization | movement of American/European/Asian colonies gaining independence (mostly beginning after the post-WWII era). Some were peaceful struggles while others became violent |
| Patrice Lumumba | Congo independence leader, first PM of the Republic of the C helped win independence from Belgium 1960. his government was deposed in a coup during the Congo Crisis He was executed, committed with assistance of gov of the US and which Belgian apologized |
| Mobuto Sese Seko | President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known as Zaire) 1965-1997. formed an authoritarian regime, amassed vast personal wealth, and attempted to purge the country of all colonial cultural influence, maintaining an anti-communist stance |
| Zaire | former name of Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Idi Amin | military leader Pres Uganda 1971-9. British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles in 1946. major general, commander promoted himself to Field Marshal while he was the head of state. |
| African National Congress | A South African political party and black nationalist org. Having been banned by the South African government 1960–90, the ANC was victorious in the country's first democratic elections in 1994 and its leader, Nelson Mandela, became the country's pres |
| Nelson Mandela | A black leader who was imprisoned by the white government of South Africa (from 1964-1990) for trying to achieve fairness and equality for black people. In 1994, he became the first black president of South Africa |
| Apartheid | A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race |
| Soweto Uprising | were a series of clashes in Soweto, South Africa on June 16, 1976 between black youths and the South African authorities. The riots grew out of protests against the policies of the National Party government and its apartheid regime. |
| Desmond Tutu | South African activist rose to fame during 80s opponent of apartheid. bishop. defense of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. He has campaigned to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, homophobia, transphobia, poverty and racism |
| idi amin continued | gross human rights abuse, political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement. |
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