Colonial Era
Term for an era of relative peace and stability in colonial Africa
Pax Colonia
He invaded Ethiopia in 1935
Benito Mussolini
A historical event and a film - Algerian War of Independence.
Battle of Algiers
First country in sub-Saharan Africa to obtain independence.
Ghana
Leader of the Parti Democratique de Guinee
Sekou Toure
Primary cash crop in Gold Coast.
Cocoa
Colonial power with the most African soldiers during WWII
Britain
Head of state in Egypt after the 1952 Revolution
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Colonial power that ruled Guinea
France
First leader of independent Kenya
Uprising of women in colonial Nigeria
Aba Women's Revolt
Emperor of Ethiopia who appealed to the League of Nations after Italy invaded
Haile Selassie
Name of the primary Algerian independence movement
FLN
Name of Ghana's main independence party led by Kwame Nkrumah
Convention People's Party
Destination for people the British liberated from slave ships.
Sierra Leone
Freed slave who converted to Christianity and translated the Bible into Yoruba
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Governor of Chad who stood with de Gaulle and the Free French
Felix Eboue
Main character and historical figure in Battle of Algiers
Ali la Pointe
How Guinea obtained independence
Protests/civil unrest in Gold Coast that led to intensification of the independence movement and arrest of leaders like Kwame Nkrumah
1948 Accra Riots
Colonial officer associated with development of indirect rule
Frederick Lugard
Massacre of West African soldiers by the French army that took place outside of Dakar
Thiaroye Massacre
Dam that Nasser wanted to get financing for and led in part to seizure of Suez Canal.
Aswan High Dam
Event shortly after the declaration of the Mau Mau Emergency that led to a policy of mass internment of Kikuyu people
Ruck Family Murder
First leader of independent Algeria
Ben Bella