A Cross of Africa’s Puzzling History

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Across
  1. 2. In 1929, this even occurred when Ibo women in Nigeria protested against British policies. However, it soon became a fully-fledged revolt. They wanted to be able to have a voice in decisions that affected their markets.
  2. 3. This is what European countries did when they colonized Africa.
  3. 5. This was an ethnic group in Kenya that protested against the white government. It was formed in 1924.
  4. 12. These people were the Dutch farmers that drove out the Bantu, but were driven out of South Africa (twice) by the British.
  5. 13. As of 1914, this country and Ethiopia were the only 2 free countries in Africa. It was however rather racist because wealthy white American men bought is for the newly freed black slaves so they didn't have to stay in the U.S. with them.
  6. 14. The Boers had a society heavily based on this. They would rather move than abolish this as seen in the exodus after the British settlers came, which Britain would later establish South Africa.
  7. 16. This man helped extend the British Empire in Africa by approximately 1,000,000 square miles. He was a heavy supporter of British rule and promoted the segregation of blacks/colored people and whites. He was a diamond and gold hunter.
  8. 17. The man who was known most for his work on ending apartheid. He spent 27 years in apartheid prisons (Robben Island) When he was freed, he worked with the white president to end apartheid. He got the Nobel Peace Prize.
  9. 18. This was the brutal segregation system in South Africa that legally made the whites superior and the blacks inferior.
  10. 19. This country formerly controlled South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Nigeria, and many more countries.
  11. 20. The movement to have Africans or African descents to be proud of their heritage. This led to many African countries gaining independence.
Down
  1. 1. This action caused conflict and civil war because when the European nations did this, they paid no attention to the ethnic groups.
  2. 4. This meeting was held in 1884, and European countries partitioned Africa.
  3. 6. Most African countries gained this after WWII. They wanted this when they fought for freedom from European/white rule.
  4. 7. This was a political party formed in 1912 that protested against the white government in South Africa. They used legal means to protest against the extremely limited freedoms of the Africans.
  5. 8. This country hosted the apartheid system. It was also the country that Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk freed from apartheid.
  6. 9. The want for power in the world that led to the partitioning of Africa. This caused future conflicts between the borders set.
  7. 10. The feeling of intense pride for you country, the land you live in, or heritage/culture,
  8. 11. This was another Kenya group that wanted freedom. They were a secret society and thought that the only way to end British rule was to fight with violence.
  9. 15. The last president of apartheid. He worked with Mandela to end apartheid. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela.