Map of the Modern World - Africa
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- Angola
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1975 - Portugal
generation of civil war - Zambia
- 1964 - UK
- Malawi
- desert wasteland
- Mozambique
- 1975 - Portugal
- Zimbabwe
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1980 - UK
Robert Mugawi - Botswana
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1966 - UK
longest mult party democracy - Namibia
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Independence from S. Africa
(formerly German then British) - South Africa
- 1910 - UK
- Swazilizand
- 1966 - UK
- Lesotho
- 1966 - UK
- REpublic of Congo
- 1960 - France
- Dem. Peoples Rep of Congo
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1960 - Belgium
King Leopold - Uganda
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1966 - UK
Milton Abote
Edi Amin - violently repressive, Abote back
Musevini rebel leader - current pres - Rawanda
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1962 - Belgium
german before WW1 - Berundi
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1962 - Belgium
german before WW1 - Tanzania
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1964
made up of joined zanzibar and east africa - Kenya
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1963 - UK
democratization sucess story - 1969-2002 - Camaroon
- 1961
- Central African REpublic
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1960 - France
blood diamond problem - Madagascar
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political map resemples ethnic
disputed claim over Tromelin and Cargados islands w/ Reuneon. - Mayotte
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dependency of France
stayed w/ france when comoros got independence - Comoros Islands
- 1975 - France
- Boer War
- in South Africa. British pushing N and pushing Dutch Farmers up resulted in the war and gave UK full controll over SA
- Bantustan Plan
- Bophuthatswana seperated blacks from their homelands so they could have no political /economic success. - didnt demobilize the strength of the Zulu.
- countries with internal problems
- Rawanda, Berundi, Nigeria, Uganda
- Senegal
- French
- The Gambia
- UK
- Guinea Bissau
- 1974 - Portugal
- Sierra Leone
-
1961 - UK
founded by free slaves
civil war 1991-2002 - problems external - Liberia
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founded by free US slaves 1882
1st elected woman president - Cote D'Ivoire
- 1960 - France
- Burkina Faso
- 1960 - France
- Ghana
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1957 - UK
Lake Volta
1st colony to gain ind - Togo and Benin
- 1960 - France
- Nigeria
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1960 - UK
most populus
relegious and cultural divide between N. and S. - Morrocco
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1956 - France
tried to take over western sahara - Mauritania
- 1960 - France
- Algeria
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1962 - France
bloody civil war/ colonial struggle - Mali
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formally Sudanese Rebublic
coup 1991 brought democracy - Niger
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France 1960
among poorest - Tunesia
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1956 - France
moderate, stable - Libya
- 1951 - UK
- Chad
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1960 -France
civil war and invasions by Libya - potential for oil - Egypt
- UK -1922
- Eritrea
- awarded to etheopia by UN, then ind struggle
- Etheopia
- colonized by Italy 1936-1941
- Somalia
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UK
(somalialand unsuccesfully tried to sucede) - Djbuti
- 1977 - France
- Ceuta and Melill
- Spain
- Canary Islands
- Spain