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Aim: How did European colonies in Africa achieve their independence, and what challenges do they face today?

I. Post WWII Independence A.Starting in the 1920s, African nations become more nationalistic and start demanding independence from Europe! B.Pan-Africanism – Emphasized the unity of Africans and urged them to work together against European colonialism. C.African countries start gaining their independence after WWII- 17 new nations between D.Ghana (Gold Coast) = first country to get independence (1957) – Leader: Kwame Nkrumah – Methods = Strikes, boycotts and peaceful protests against the British E.Kenya = Jomo Kenyatta leads an independence movement against the British, becomes first Prime Minister of a free Kenya in Jomo Kenyatta

II. Apartheid in South Africa A.South Africa gained independence from Great Britain in Dutch whites (called Afrikaners) are only 25% of the population, but control the government and discriminate against the black majority. A.In 1948, the white government establishes a system called apartheid, or separation of the races. It required black Africans to live in separate neighborhoods and use segregated schools, hospitals and transportation. Blacks were given just 13% of the land even though they were 75% of the population. B.Anti-Apartheid Movement (1940s-1980s) – African National Congress (ANC) – Used violence as well as boycotts and civil disobedience to protest apartheid. – In 1964, ANC leader Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison. He became a powerful symbol of the black struggle for freedom – Desmond Tutu, a South African priest and civil rights leader, convinced many foreign nations and businesses to stop trading with South Africa until they end apartheid. This has a strong effect! Nelson Mandela Desmond Tutu

II. Apartheid in South Africa D. The End of Apartheid ( ) – In 1989, F.W. de Klerk becomes president of South Africa. Facing economic and political pressure from the rest of the world, he legalizes the ANC, repeals segregation laws and releases Nelson Mandela from prison. – In 1994, South Africa holds an election in which people of all races can finally vote. Mandela is elected president, and black South Africans take control of the government. Apartheid is officially over! F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela

III. Contemporary Problems in Africa A.Tribalism – Most of the current national boundaries in Africa were established during the colonial period by Europeans. These boundaries placed different ethnic groups in the same nation, many of which hate each other. This has led to violence and genocide: Rwanda (1994): Country is 85 percent Hutu, 14 percent Tutsi. In 1994, Hutu extremists launched a genocide against the Tutsis. 500,000 were killed in just a few months, while the U.N. and the United States did nothing to help. Eventually, a Tutsi-led rebel army seized control of the government and stopped the genocide. Darfur in Western Sudan (2003-Present): The government of Sudan unleashed Arabic militias on the villagers in Darfur because the villagers had been demanding more rights and better living conditions. 400,000 villagers have been killed, and 2 million more have become refugees.

III. Contemporary Problems in Africa B. Other problems: – Harsh dictators in many African countries. – Overpopulation = poverty and famine in many places. – Cash crop economies: Countries like Nigeria focus on producing profitable cash-crops (like oil) for the world instead of food for their own people. Can lead to famine and also economic collapse if prices for the cash-crop go down (this happened to Nigeria when oil prices went down in the 1980s). – Many African nations have borrowed money from Europe and the U.S. to achieve industrial growth. This has led to massive debt! – AIDS has spread rapidly through African nations since the 1980s. – Desertification: Spread of the desert as regions are overgrazed by cattle or overfarmed.