Asia and Africa

Nationalism Around the World

CREATORS B. Molina•C. Norn•T.GOUDREAU

•J. Colio

Vocabulary

VOCABULARY• AWARE-HAVING OR SHOWING

REALIZATION,PERCEPTION,OR KNOWLEDGE

• PAN AFRICANISM-THE UNITY OF ALL BLACK AFRICANS , REGARDLESS OF NATIONAL BOUNDARIES

• MAHATMA-’’GREAT SOUL’’TITLE GIVEN TO MOHANDAS GHANDI BY THE INDIAN PEOPLE

• INTEGRITY-THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING COMPLETE OR UNDIVIDED.

Key PeopleLabeled as a "radical," he was ignored by those who hoped that his massive contributions would be buried along side of him. But, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, "history cannot ignore W.E.B. DuBois because history has to reflect truth and Dr. DuBois was a tireless explorer and a gifted discoverer of social truths. His singular greatness lay in his quest for truth about his own people.

Key PeopleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander in the state of what is now Gujarat on 2 October 1869. He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser or prime minister to the local ruler. Though India was then under British rule, over 500 kingdoms, principalities, and states were allowed autonomy in domestic and internal affairs: these were the so-called 'native states'. Rajkot was one such state.

Countries

Kenya

• Its on the East coast of continent of Africa

• Nairobi is the capital

TIMELINE1921

Chinese communist party is formed in

Shanghais.

1923Nationalists formed

a communistfor the alliance.

1928Chang Kai-Sheik

Founds New ChineseRepublic at Nanjing.

1934Mau’s troops begin

March.

GHANDI

Gandhi became a leader in a complex struggle, the Indian campaign for home rule. Following World War I, in which he played an active part in recruiting campaigns, Gandhi, again advocating Satyagraha, launched his movement of  non-violent resistance to Great Britain.

JAWAHARALAL HENRU

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 in Allahabad, central India. His father Motilal Nehru was a prominent advocate and early leader of the Indian independence movement. The younger Nehru graduated from Cambridge University, and returned to India in 1912. Over the next thirty years, he rose to become the top political leader of the Indian National Congress Party and its struggle for independence from Britain. He was jailed seven times.