KARIBU Unit 8 | Post Independence Africa | Coups Cold War Rwanda Botswana | Grades 6 to 12

Independence was real. Building a country from what colonizers left behind was a different challenge altogether.

This unit covers what happened after independence. The wave of military coups, Cold War interference in African politics, the debt crisis, and the countries that found a way through. Students study the DRC and Patrice Lumumba, Rwanda's genocide and recovery, Botswana's remarkable rise, and what resilience actually looks like.

Includes a reading guide with Did You Know fact boxes, 16 vocabulary terms, case study activities, a timeline, discussion questions, a crossword puzzle, a two-level quiz for middle school and high school, and a complete answer key.

This is Unit 8 of the 12-unit KARIBU African Studies curriculum.