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Culture Documents
-3million BC - Australopithecines also known as ape-men, first walked on East and Southern Africa.
-Evidence of life
-8,000 BC -Evidence of pottery was found in the Nile Valley
-Start of slavery
-1441 -This marks the beginning of the European slave trade in Africa. The first slaves were sent to Portugal with the blessings from the Catholic Church.
-WW1
-1914 -Africa was divided among the colonial powers during the war.
-Literature Movement
-1920 to 1930 -Black Nationalism and anti-colonial political movements in Africa are reflected in the literature
-Drought
-1980 -This was a time period where Africa experienced one of the worst droughts they ever had. It was very serious and they lost a lot from it.
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