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History Grade 12 Unit 7: AFRICA SINCE THE 1960S

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 32 pages; one careful study pass takes about 3.4 hours, and its difficulty is harder among History units. Each section below lists the questions set from it, with the year, and opens the page that teaches it.

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7.1 Te Road to Independence and the Rise of Independent States in Africa · read p. 210
  • 2018 E.C., Q92 – What was the significant progress that the French government made in its African colonies after WWII?
  • 2017 E.C., Q32 – What was the political situation in French West Africa after 1945?
  • 2017 E.C., Q45 – What was an immediate outcome following the "referendum" allowed by the French government in 1958?
  • 2016 E.C., Q64 – How did France punish Guinea for voting against continued political association with the former colonial master?
  • 2013 E.C., Q3 – Which one of the following was true about African resistance against colonial rule during the inter-war period? It was
7.2 Politics in Independent African States · read p. 214
  • 2016 E.C., Q66 – Which of the following are the characteristics of coups in African politics after independence?
7.3 Economy and Society in Independent Africa · read p. 217
Not asked in a national paper yet.
7.4 Te Cold War and Africa · read p. 218
  • 2018 E.C., Q36 – Which of the following guaranteed the end of Apartheid that gave way to black majority rule in South Africa?
  • 2018 E.C., Q94 – In what ways did the Soviet government support Mozambique after they concluded the treaty of friendship and cooperation?
  • 2017 E.C., Q34 – What was the key factor in defeating apartheid in South Africa?
7.5 Pan-Africanism, from Organization of African Unity to Africannion · read p. 228
  • 2018 E.C., Q93 – How did the Western World continue to dominate the economy of independent African states?
  • 2018 E.C., Q95 – Why did the Organization of African Unity become a subject of criticism? Because it
  • 2017 E.C., Q35 – Where did Pan-Africanism first gain momentum?
  • 2017 E.C., Q46 – In which of the following aspects had the OAU achieved the most success?
  • 2016 E.C., Q72 – What was the difference between the self-help associations and the political parties that emerged in Africa in the inter-war period?
  • 2016 E.C., Q65 – Which of the following shows the continued influence of western countries over the economies of African countries after independence?
  • 2016 E.C., Q78 – Which one of the following African nationalist leaders took part in the 1945 Pan-African Congress that took place in Manchester?
  • 2015 E.C., Q80 – What was the idea articulated at the All-African People's Conference at Accra that became a key principle of the OAU? The idea that:
  • 2015 E.C., Q97 – Why did independent African states establish the OAU in 1963?
  • 2015 E.C., Q78 – What was the distinctive feature of the pan-African movement as practiced by Garvey?
  • 2014 E.C., Q39 – Which of the following is true about Pan-Africanism?
  • 2013 E.C., Q18 – Which of the following crisis was the OAU able to mediate successfully?
  • 2013 E.C., Q19 – Which of the following is the biggest contemporary threat to African economic development?