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17 Cards in this Set
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Muhammad Ali
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Ottoman military leader who seized power and modernized Egypt
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Ferdinand de Lesseps
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the French builder of the Suez Canal
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Emperor Melenik II
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the emperor of Ethiopia who defeated the Italians in the Battle of Adowa
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Dr. David Livingstone
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British medical missionary who disappeared while exploring Central Africa
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Henry Stanley
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young journalist hired by "The New York Herald" to find Dr. David Livingstone when he disappeared; "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
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King Leopold II
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the Belgian king who took control of the Congo River Basin & brutalized the people in the Congo Free State
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Shaka Zulu
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leader of the Zulus who modernized the army by organizing his troops into regiments & used iron weapons
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Cecil Rhodes
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British leader who fought in Boer War and wanted British colonies from Cape Town to Cairo
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W.E.B. DuBois
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believed that black people should speak out constantly against discrimination; supported Pan-Africanism
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Kwame Nkrumah
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gained independence for Ghana by using boycotts & strikes; led independence movement against British
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Jomo Kenyatta
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led Kenya's indepence movement and became Kenya's first president
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Robert Mugabe
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led guerilla army against white minority government; first black Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
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Jules Nyerere
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led independence movement in Tanzania; encouraged one party rule and the use of the language of Swahili
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Leopold Senghor
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poet & philosopher; led indepence movements in Senegal against France; first President of Senegal; led negritude movement
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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archbishop who urged nonviolent resistance to apartheid; won Nobel Peace Prize in 1984
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Nelson Mandela
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sentenced to life in prison; first black president of South Africa
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F.W. de Klerk
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white South African president who ended white rule in South Africa
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