KARIBU Unit 6 | African Resistance Movements | Freedom Fighters Colonial Rule | Grades 6 to 12

Africans did not accept colonization. They fought back.

This unit covers the full story of African resistance. Armed uprisings, political organizing, Pan-Africanism, and the leaders who refused to give up. Students learn about Queen Yaa Asantewaa, Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Sankara, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Winnie Mandela, the Mau Mau uprising, and the Fifth Pan-African Congress.

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

This is Unit 6 of the 12-unit KARIBU African Studies curriculum.