African Leaders
This leader led Ghana’s independence movement and became its first president.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
This Swahili city-state controlled gold trade and became a major trading center.
What is Kilwa Kisiwani?
This belief system says spirits exist in nature and ancestors.
What is Animism?
This meeting divided Africa among Europeans without African input.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This battle showed a rare African victory against Europeans.
What is the Battle of Adwa?
This Ethiopian leader resisted Italian invasion and spoke against imperialism globally.
Who is Haile Selassie I?
This region proves Africa traded with Asia before Europeans arrived.
What is the Swahili Coast?
These storytellers preserved history through oral tradition.
Who are griots?
This term describes Europe’s rapid takeover of Africa.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
This war showed African resistance to British rule but ended in defeat.
What is the Anglo-Zulu War?
This South African leader helped end apartheid and promoted reconciliation.
Who is Desmond Tutu?
This city shows that Africa had education, trade, and intellectual life.
What is Timbuktu?
This founder of Mali is remembered through oral tradition.
Who is Sundiata?
This idea justified European domination by claiming superiority.
What is Social Darwinism?
This genocide showed how colonial divisions caused tragedy.
What is the Rwandan Genocide?
This king of Kongo protested slavery in letters to Portugal.
Who is King Afonso I?
This ancient city proves early urban life existed in Africa.
What is Djenne-Djeno?
This migration spread language and culture across Africa.
What is the Bantu Migration?
This plan showed Europe’s goal to control Africa from north to south.
What is the Cape Town to Cairo plan?
This system enforced racial segregation in South Africa.
What is apartheid?
This woman resisted Portuguese colonization using diplomacy and military tactics.
Who is Queen Nzinga?
This empire became wealthy by controlling gold and salt trade routes.
What is the Kingdom of Mali?
This traveler’s writings give evidence of Africa’s wealth
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This king brutally exploited the Congo for rubber.
Who is King Leopold II?
This event reflects divisions caused by colonial policies.
What is the Nigerian Civil War?