Africa Independence

What was necessary in order for countries to achieve independence from their colonizers?

• religious unity

• secular governments

• nationalism

• education reforms

Why was the Pan African movement so important?

• It forced African countries to become members of the United Nations.

• It created an ethnic division that led to civil war in many African countries.

• It granted African countries sovereignty from their European colonizers.

• It allowed unity to exist among Africans and ignited nationalist movements.

Which country's independence movement involved the Mau Mau uprising?

• Kenya

• Nigeria

• South Africa

• South Africa & Nigeria

What is the correct chronological order of events?

• Colonization --> Pan Africanism --> Independnce

• Independence --> Colonization --> Pan Africanism

• Pan Africanism --> Independence --> Colinization

• they all happened simultaneously

What are similarities between the Kenyan and Nigerian independence movements?

• colonized by the British

• intellectuals grew solidarity for nationalists movements

• now have unstable governments lacking civil rights

• gained independence peacefully with no violence

Which country received independence peacefully and more quickly but immediately after had a civil war btw the Muslim north and Christian south?

• Kenya

• Nigeria

• Neither

• Both

This country wanted to have independence so they “fought with words” (using political negotiations, not violent ones) against Britain so that they could be free from them.

• Nigeria
• Kenya
• Both 
• Neither

Became independent of British rule in 1960, through peaceful measures.  Oil rich nation with political corruption, civil wars, and military coups. 

• Kenya
• South Africa
• Nigeria
• Ethiopia 

Nationalist who helped to lead Kenya to Independence and became their first Black President

• Nelson Mandela

• F.W. de Klerk

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Count Major Sellers

a Pan-African supporter who led Kenya’s independence movement, and eventually became president of Kenya in 1964

• Barack Obama

• George W. bush

• MLK

• Jomo Kenyatta