Africa DBQ

Directions:

  1. Pre-write: In the box below, write everything you can remember about African independence
  2. Review each document and answer the attached questions
  3. Write a paragraph answer the following prompt:
  4. How did African leaders bring about independence for African nations? Include ideas, philosophies and events. Make sure you reference at least one document.

Pre-Write:

Document 1

“If we are to remain free, if we are to enjoy the full benefits of Africa’s enormous wealth, we must unite for plan for the full exploitation of our human and material resources in the interest of all our people”

-  Kwame Nkrumah (1950s)

1. What philosophy might Nkrumah be discussing? ______

2. In your own words what must Africans do to fully benefit from the wealth of the continent?

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Document 2

“…black woman,

Clothed in your color which is life,

your form which is beauty!

I grew in your shadows, the sweetness

of your hands bandaged my eyes

And here in the heart of the summer and

of noon, I discover you, promised

land for the height of a burnt

mountain,

And your beauty strikes my hear, like

the lightning of an eagle”

“Black Women” by Leopold Sedar Senghor

1. What philosophy/idea is Senghor expressing n this poem? ______

2. How is the Black Women described? ______

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Document 3

“Freedom fro the Gold Coast will be the fountain of inspiration from which other African colonial territories can draw when the time comes for them to strike for their freedom.”

- Kwame Nkrumah

1. What event is Nkrumah referring to? ______

2. How did Nkrumah obtain his goal? ______

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Document 4

“Apartheid is a museum piece in our time, a hangover from the dark ages….a relic of an age that everywhere else is dead or dying…. These ideas survive in South Africa because those who sponsor them profit from them”

– Albert Luthuli

1. What is Apartheid leftover from? ______

2. How has apartheid survived in South Africa? ______

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Document 5

“We have moved from an ear of pessimism, division, limited opportunity and turmoil. We are starting a new era of hope, of reconciliation or nation building.” Nelson Mandela 1994

1. What event inspired Mandela to say this? ______

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2. Why is this event a “new era of hope”? ______

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Write your Paragraph here: How did African leaders bring about independence for African nations? Include ideas, philosophies and events. Make sure you reference at least one document.