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tanzania
aka german east africa
1963
year zaire got independence
national islamic front
name of sudan's ruling party
1997
year charles taylor became president of liberia
capetown
city the dutch lost to britain
Somalia
people living S Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya want to combine into larger _____
tsetse
cause of sleeping sickness, mostly in central nigeria
oct. 1993
month and year of Black Hawk Down
coffee
resource ethiopia has a lot of
zaire
country with 60% of the world's cobalt, copper, gold, iron ore
kaddafi
leader of libya
libya
leader is Qaddafi (Kaddafi)
1847
year liberia became a country
1974
year ethiopia declared a Communist Marxist state after Selassie was overthrown by military
muslim
in egypt, 89% are _____
Cairo
most populated city in Africa
1910
year British combined all the southern republics into the Union of South Africa
1994
year of first free vote in South Africa
tanganyika
aka tanzania
mobutu
man who created socialist economy and nationalized businesses in zaire
muslim
sudan: 5% are christian, mostly ___
Nigeria
most populous country in Africa
boers
dutch peasants
kabila
man who led zaire after mobutu died
Kabila
man who renamed zaire Democratic Republic of Congo
sharia
____ has been adopted by 1/3 of Nigeria's 36 states
british
winners of boer war
somalia
country where black hawk down took place
secular democracy
nigeria's offical form of govt
kenya
country w/ mau mau rebellion
kenya
country that has one of the highest population growth rates in the world
janjaweed
Arab militia that attack villages, have killed thousands
1976
year of situation in entebbe
Nelson Mandela
man with the ANC (African National Congress)who got rid of apartheid
belgium congo
name of congo free state after belgium took over
sudan
country that has oil in the southern part, refineries in the north
liberia
country that has a constitution modeled after ours
1994
year Rwandans fled into eastern Zaire b/c of civil war
maathai
peace prize winner, from kenya
Gabon
SS country that has oil, now a member of OPEC, gold, uranium, coffee, and cacao
Mbeki
today's president in south africa
Mobutu
man who took over Zaire in 1965
afrikaans
language that is a mix b/w boers and africans
south
all of uganda's economic growth is in the ____
Desmond Tutu
won Nobel Peace Prize, from south africa
ANC
political party in south africa that protested apartheid
kenya
country that Used to be the model for political stability
Menelik II
leader of Ethiopia who fought french
mobutu
man we gave aid to b/c he wasn't Communist- Took money for himself
ujamaa
type of socialism created by nyerere
Cameroon
SS country with lots of crops and resources
the great trek
term for when boers left capetown in covered wagons
1991
year civil war broke out in somalia
israel
other country involved in entebbe
christian
south nigeria religion=
France
european country defeated by Ethiopia
Cecil Rhodes
PM of Cape Colony
1652
year Dutch established Cape Town
1989
year National Islamic Front took control of Sudan in a coup
sanctions
methods the world used to get mandela freed
1990
year president of liberia was overthrown in a coup which led to a civil war
sudan
country with a long-standing civil war
libya
90% of country is desert
diamonds
sierra leone has a lot of _____ (minerals)
Congo Free State
name of country owned by leopold II
National Islamic Front
Extremist Islamic group that wants to create the first African all-Islamic nation; have their own version of Sharia
1993
year Eritrea gained independence, so now Ethiopia is landlocked
charles taylor
Would send money to Sierra Leone (they had a civil war) to support rebels to get diamonds
2003
year moi was forced out of kenyan presidency
nigeria
country with a one crop economy
Afrikaaner
descendant of a Boer
F.W. de Klerk
elected by whites, wanted to end apartheid in South Africa
Adowa
March 1, 1896 battle
Cecil Rhodes
wanted to connect all of east Africa with a railroad (under the British empire) "Cape to Cairo" Railroad
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
MEND=
Boer War
war between British and boers, rhodes wanted their gold and diamonds
libya
north african country with lots of oil; member of OPEC
boers
dutch people who were offered free transportation to south africa
somalia
country that is mostly Islamic (over 90%)
biafra
country created by ibo tribe but never recognized by the world
1963
year kenya gained independence
liberia, sierra leone
two countries known for letting freed slaves in
1822
year former American slaves in America wanted to go back to Africa
nigeria
They are rich in oil, but they can't even make gasoline
moi
kenyan president that burned up ivory, later became corrupt
Orange Free State, Transvaal
two Boer Republics created during the Great Trek
south africa
country that leads the world in gold production
hutus
majority in rwanda
charles taylor
Arrested and now in the Netherlands on trial, former president of liberia
language, slavery
british let boers keep their ____, but made them give up ____
serengeti
tanzania equivalent to kenya plain
nigeria
1/5 people in sub-Saharan Africa live in this country
ibo
tribe that wanted to secede from nigeria
masai
nomadic herders, cattle
sudan
largest country in Africa (geographically)
Mussolini
his economic policy wasn't working, so he decided to invade Ethiopia in 1936
1991
end of military rule in ethiopia
Kikuyu, Luo
two main tribes in kenya
muslim
north nigeria=
sharia
strict islamic law
zaire
country mobutu led
Haile Selassie
emperor of Ethiopia, fled the country when mussolini invaded
liberia
colony formed (now a country) for ex-slaves
apartheid
hierarchy of all races
somalia
country with no govt, anarchy- warlords control everything
masamara
plain in kenya, continues through tanzania
NElson Mandela
first black president in south africa
sudan, mauritania
countries where there is modern day slavery
Kalahari Desert
planned location for south african nucleur detonation
Sudan people's liberation army
sudanese rebel group
kenya
country that is mostly christian (66%)
first
# South Africa was to dismantle nuclear arms
lord's resistance army
joseph kony's army
british
sierra leone was once a ____ colony
1984
year ethiopia had an extended drought (under Communist government who didn't want to admit what was going on—didn't help) people starved to death

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