How well do you know Afrika’s history? Do you think you can at least get 5 out of 8? Or are you an Afrikan history genius? Find out!
#1. Who was the ruler of Abysinnia when the Italians were defeated in the Battle of Adwa in 1896?
#2. This East Afrikan kingdom was considered a world power in the 3rd century. One of its renown kings was King Ezana.
#3. A powerful city state along the East Afrikan coast that traded in gold and had amazing architecture, the ruins which are still visible today.
#4. Who was the leader of the MauMau uprising in Kenya?
#5. What was the name of the Somali Empire that dominated the trade in the northern Indian ocean from the 13th Century to 17th Century?.
#6. This was a powerful Yoruba empire (1300-1898) of West Africa that grew tremendously through trade in horses, salt, leather and slaves.
#7. He led the Hehe rebellion of 1891 against the Germans in Tanganyika.
#8. This Central Afrikan Kingdom manufactured cloth, copperware, pottery and traded in ivory with the Portuguese in the late 1400s