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- Jomo Kenyatta
- leader of the Kenyan African Union (KAU). was imprisoned during the Mau Mau Rebellion. was freed after 10 years and became leader of kenya until he died in 1978. good leader who made kenya stable
- Sani Abacha
- leader of Nigeria 1990-1999. was a Hausa and was very corrupt
- Transvaal
- Boer settlement in northern south africa. had gold and diamonds.
- Drakensburg Mts
- Mountain range along South african coast
- Daniel arap Moi
- leader of kenya from 1978-2002. was chosen by kenyatta. was bad and made kenya corrupt with low economy
- Congo River
- river in central africa that goes through zaire , congo, etc.
- White Highlands
- area in Kenya where coffee is grown
- Vasco de Gama
- portuguese explorer 1498 and sailed to india
- Mt. Kenya
- high mountain in kenya
- Atlas Mts
- mountain range along north western african coast ( Morocco, algeria, etc)
- Ghana
- 300-1300AD. had gold, salt, and slaves.
- Orange Free State
- Boer settlement in northern south africa. had gold and diamonds. not Transvaal
- Bartholemeu Diaz
- Portuguese explored the ocean around Africa in 1492 and was the first to sail to the bottom of Africa
- Mali
- 1366AD gold, salt, and slaves. Islamic. west africa
- John Speke
- British explorer in 1850 that explored with burton and found the source of the nile
- Kush
- (1000BC-300AD) ancient african civilization in Etheopia and southern sudan. had trade.
- Songhai
- 1460-1700AD. west africa. had gold, salt, and slaves
- Lake Victoria
- lake between tanzania, uganda, and kenya
- Olduvai Gorge
- in Tanzania and Kenya and is where oldest human skeletons were found
- Sofala
- important swahili city-state
- Namib Desert
- desert along the coast of south western africa. angola & namib area
- Mt. Kilimanjaro
- high mountain in Tanzania
- Great Rift Valley
- mountain range along eastern africa (Somalia, Kenya, etc.)
- Sahara Desert
- huge desert along much of northern central africa (chad, sudan, mali, etc.)
- Limpopo River
- river in south eastern africa that goes through mozambique, zimbabwe, etc.
- David Livingston
- British explorer in 1850. believed in civilization, christianity, and commerce in africa
- Soweto
- a famous "township" where black people had to stay before going o bantustans. very poor. had riots in 1976
- Swahili
- 1st century AD-1700AD. coastal south east africa. language was swahili & became muslim in 700AD. had oligarchy & trade
- Sharpeville
- where there was a PAC demonstration in 1961 where the police ended up killing people to stop it
- Nairobi
- capital of Kenya. in the middle of railroad from Kampala to Mombasa
- Kalahari Desert
- desert in southern africa in Botswana ans Zambia area
- Axum
- 300-700AD. christian civilization. in etheopia and southern sudan
- FW de Klerk
- leader of south africa from 1989-1994. head of National Party. had meetings with nelson mandella but didn't get rid of apartheid
- Niger River
- river in western africa that goes through mali, nigeria, niger, etc.
- Lake Nyasa
- lake east of malawi and borders tanzania and mozambique as well
- Nile river
- major river that flows from uganda to the Mediterranean sea
- Steve Biko
- South african journalist that was arrested and found dead the next morning
- Jan Smuts
- Boer. leader of south africa and was racist and had segregation in africa, though not by law.
- W.E.B. duBois
- african nationalism activist. founded NAACP
- Nelson Mandella
- was leader of ANC. was constitutional. leader of south africa from 1994-2000. dismantles apartheid
- Leakey's
- found austrolapiticus in 1974 in the Olduvai Gorge
- DF Malan
- elected as leader of south africa in 1948. was very racist and was head of National Party. started apartheid.
- Cape Colony
- city in south africa settled by the dutch and german in 1652. british buy colony in 1814 and expand it.
- Richard Burton
- British explorer in 1850 that searched for the start of the nile but got a spear through his head
- Olesegun Obasanjo
- leader of Nigeria from 1999-2007. was a Hausa and corrupt
- Marcus Garvey
- was an african nationalism activist in the 1920's who promoted pan-africanism
- Zimbabwe
- last country to be freed from britain in 1976
- Timbuktu
- important city in Mali?
- Mombasa
- most important swahili city-state
- Meroe
- capital of Kush
- Lake Tanganyika
- borders Zaire, tanzania, burundi, and zambia