1. Monday, April 15th
HW:
Read and answer questions 1, 3, 6, and 8.
Aim: Why did most African nations gain their independence after WWII?
Do Now: Answer the following questions
1) What ideas and emotions motivated America’s founders to seek independence?
2) What conditions might motivate people to fight for their independence?

3. Why was the time period following WWII advantageous for African nations to gain independence from European colonizers?

4. Predict what challenges newly independent African nations will face…

5. Tuesday, April 16th
HW: Study graphic organizer for quiz tomorrow! Aim: How did African colonies gain independence after WWII? Do Now: Shade in the map!

7. The official language of Ghana is English! EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
Did you know…
The official language of Ghana is English!
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF
INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/
GROUPS
NOTES
GHANA
1957
Britain
Kwame Nkrumah
(First President of Ghana)
- Used strikes and boycotts.
Gold Coast
was renamed Ghana.

8. 1960 Belgium Joseph Mobutu Sese Seko Zaire DRC
Did you know…
The country to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the Republic of the Congo!
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/GROUPS
NOTES
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1960
Belgium
Joseph Mobutu Sese Seko
(President of Zaire from )
Congo
Zaire
DRC
- Civil War

9. EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
Did you know…
#BringBackOurGirls
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/GROUPS
NOTES
NIGERIA
1960
Britain
Hausa-Fulani
Yoruba
Igbo
Biafra seceded
Nigerian Civil War
Biafra surrendered

10. 1961 Britain Julius Nyerere
Did you know…
The name Tanzania is a portmanteau of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/GROUPS
NOTES
TANZANIA
1961
Britain
Julius Nyerere
(First President
of Tanzania)
- Tanganyika united with Zanzibar.
- Attempt at Socialism failed.

11. 1962 France Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) Ahmed Ben Bella
Did you know…
Algeria is a key African player in
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s international environmental group
R20.
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/GROUPS
NOTES
ALGERIA
1962
France
Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN)
Ahmed Ben Bella
(First President of Algeria)
- France sent troops but the Algerians prevailed.
- The Islamic Salvation Front hopes to make Algeria an Islamic state.

12. EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
Did you know… Formal teaching of Rwandan history was not carried out in Rwandan schools until 2005.
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/GROUPS
NOTES
RWANDA
1962
Belgium

13. 1963 Britain Jomo Kenyatta Did you know…
The current President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta is Jomo Kenyatta’s son!
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL LEADER
KEY LEADERS/
GROUPS
NOTES
KENYA
1963
Britain
Jomo Kenyatta
(First Prime Minister
of Kenya)
- White settlers took the best land.
- Mau Mau rebelled against whites. British used force to squash Mau Mau Rebellion.

14. EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
Did you know… Robert Mugabe was the President of Zimbabwe for 30 years.
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/
GROUPS
NOTES
ZIMBABWE
1980
Britain
Robert Mugabe
- Britain wanted to give Africans in Southern Rhodesia independence.
- Whites declared independence from Britain.
- Africans led by Mugabe defeated whites.
- Rhodesia Zimbabwe.

15. Currently 54 Member States AU was founded in 1999. --------------
Did you know…
The African Union meets in Ethiopia!
AFRICAN COUNTRY
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWER
KEY LEADERS/GROUPS
NOTES
AFRICAN UNION
Currently 54 Member States
AU was founded
in 1999.
- The Assembly
- The Court of Justice
- AU aims to improve the political, economic, and social situations for the approx. one billion people that live on the African continent.

16. at the bottom of your graphic organizer !
summary
Identify at least 3 similarities AND 3 differences between the African Independence Movements
at the bottom of your graphic organizer !
Similarities:
Differences: