Do Now: Decolonization of Africa

 Right of a nation to determine its own government, enter into alliances with other nations, and determine its own statehood.

• Self-Governance

• Self-Reliance

• Self-Determination

• Self-Freedom

Countries that lost colonies in Africa (select all that are true):

• Great Britain

• France

• Italy

• China

• Portugal

Was the first to achieve independence:

Fought a war with France for Independence and won independence in 1962:

British colony that had a violent struggle under the leadership of Jomo Kenyatta:

Means “apartness” in Afrikaans  and was a system of segregation in South Africa separating non-whites from whites.

This person a lawyer, became a leader within the ANC and led the violent part of the organization. He was imprisoned in 1962. He spent 27 years in prison. He then became the first blank president of South Africa.

The apartheid system was upheld in South Africa for over 50 years until president__________ began to repeal these laws in 1991.