This document contains all the key terms for the countries needed to be learnt for Independent Africa. I achieved a distinction in history using this - The Congo, Angola and Tanzania. Knowing these terms well will help you excel in your IEB exams. This is useful for paper 2 They are easy marks to g...
General terms- topic 2 Independence in Africa during 1960s-70s
1. African socialism- belief in sharing economic resources in a traditional African
way
2. Capitalism – foreign investments and strong ties with western countries
3. Democracy – governed by the people
4. One party state – controls government and actively seeks to prevent other
parties from gaining power
5. Pan-Africanism – unity of all Africans regardless of national borders
6. African nationalism – believe Africa must be united to push out colonisers
7. Socialism – based on shared ownership, government-controlled economy
8. Sphere of influence – claim by a powerful state to exercise political\economic
and military control over a foreign country
9. Neo colonialism – continued economic dependence on external economic
forces as in colonial times
The Congo
1. Authenticity- awareness of African beliefs and practise rather than foreign
ones
2. Zaireanization – nationalization of foreign affairs
3. Mobutism – be like Mobutu
4. Kleptocracy – ruled by thieves
5. MPR – movement popular de la revolution
Tanzania
1. TANU – Tanganyika African National Union
2. Ujamaa – meaning that neighbourliness was a system where the people of
Tanzania would work, live and share together to achieve
3. Nationalization – governments take control of privately run businesses
4. Village occupation – occupying the villages
Angola
1. MPLA- Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. Communist led group
declared themselves leaders of Angola, lead to civil war. Supported by USSR
2. UNITA- National Union for the Total Independence of Angola. Third black
Angolan movement- the white SA government supports it because it’s against
communists. It also wore down countries near South Africa
3. FNLA- National Liberation Front of Angola. Supported by Zaire’s president-
Mobutu Sese Seko
4. SWAPO – Southwest African Peoples Organisation. SWAPO guerillas fought
against south African troops
5. Uhuru – Swahili word meaning freedom. The achievement of independence
from colonialism
6. Mwalimu – teacher
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