Memorize these and recognize 37.7% of all African History clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haile Selassie | 4 | In 1931, a year after taking the throne, he gave Ethiopia its first written constitution |
| 2 | (David) Livingstone | 4 | This Scottish discoverer of the Victoria Falls was "found" by Henry Stanley in November 1871 |
| 3 | Namibia | 3 | A 1978 U.N. resolution to decolonize this South African territory began to be implemented in 1989 |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | In 1936, at the age of 16, Farouk succeeded his father King Fuad I as king of this country |
| 5 | Zulu | 2 | Shaka increased the population of this tribe by absorbing his defeated enemies into it |
| 6 | Tunisia | 2 | Anti-govt. protests known as the Arab Spring began in this North African country in 2010 & soon swept across the region |
| 7 | Timbuktu | 2 | After a pilgrimage in 1324, Mali emperor Mansa Musa built the Great Mosque in this trading post |
| 8 | South Africa | 2 | Segregation was in effect long before this country formally introduced apartheid in 1948 |
| 9 | Somalia | 2 | In 1969 General Siad Barre led a military coup in this country on the horn of Africa |
| 10 | Islam | 2 | Persian settlers made the Comoros an island group in the Indian Ocean, Africa's southernmost nation, mainly of this religion |
| 11 | Ghana | 2 | At its independence in 1957, the Gold Coast took the name of this medieval west African empire |
| 12 | Carthage | 2 | The Phoenicians built a wall over 20 miles in circumference around this ancient north African city |
| 13 | Angola | 2 | In 2003 this southern African country's army & a rival faction, Unita, signed a ceasefire, ending a 27-year civil war |
| 14 | Algeria | 2 | The war for the independence of this nation from France lasted from 1954 to 1962 |
| 15 | Addis Ababa | 2 | The Organization of African Unity was founded in 1963 at a conference in this Ethiopian capital |
| 16 | (Anwar) Sadat | 2 | Egypt's president throughout the 1970's he tried to open up the economy & and reached out in foreign affairs |
| 17 | the Volta | 2 | In the 15th century the Mossi people established their capital at Ouagadougou on the upper reaches of this river |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | In 1498 this Portuguese explorer rounded South Africa & became the first European to reach Mozambique |
| 19 | Cecil Rhodes | 2 | In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself |
| 20 | Muammar Gaddafi | 2 | He was a 27-year-old army captain when he deposed King Idris of Libya |
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