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Apartheid

System of racial segregation in South Africa from the 1950s until 1991

Pan-Africanism

the unity of all black Africans, regardless of national boundaries

Nelson Mandela

South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994

South Africa

Country that lies at the southern tip of Africa

Scramble for Africa

Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s to build larger empires that harmed many tribal groups

Harambee

The swahili word for "Let's pull together", the campaign in Kenya begun by President Jomo Kenyatta in 1963, after the country became independent

Algerian War

conflict between France and Algerian independence movements; led to Algerian independence from France

African National Congress

South African political party established in 1912 that would lead peaceful protests against the ruling government against apartheid

Colonialism

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Civil Rights Movement

a social movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, in which people organized to demand equal rights for African Americans and other minorities. People worked together to change unfair laws. They gave speeches, marched in the streets, and participated in boycotts.