African History Vocabulary

Elected as the last white South African president in 1989. He legalized the African National Congress (ANC) and also released Nelson Mandela from prison. This started a new era in South Africa and ended apartheid.

• Nelson Mandela

• Muhammad Ali

• Barack Obama

• F.W. de Klerk

The invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of Africa territory by European powers during the New Imperialism period between 1881 & 1914

• Apartheid

• Colonization

• Scramble for Africa

• Imperialism

A strong belief in one's own country

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Apartheid

• Colonialism

Giving up one's customs and adopting those of another country

• Assimilation

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

The movement of settlers & their culture to a new country or territory.

• Assimilation

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Colonization

Formed by black Africans in 1912 to fight for their rights. They organized strikes & boycotts to protest racist policies. Nelson Mandela was a leader of the organization.

• Pan-African Movement

• The Arab League

• African National Congress (ANC)

• African Muslim League

A policy in which a strong nations seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Colonization

• Assimilation

Leader of the African National Congress who was jailed for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa: later elected president in 1994 when free elections were established.

• Nelson Mandela

• F.W. de Klerk

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Abraham Muhato

Wars that happen between people within one country; usually fought for control of the government.

• Racial Diversity

• Holocaust

• World Wars

• Civil War

People brought together that had previously belonged to separate tribes or countries; splitting of ethnic groups that had historically been united; drawn with no respect for Africa's internal borders.

• Artificial Political Boundaries

• Apartheid

• Indirect Rule

• Partitioning