• 19th Century Africa Trivia

In the 1830s this group began its “Great Trek” north from Cape Colony to gain freedom from British rule

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Answer: the Boers

• 19th Century Africa Trivia

In 1841 this Scottish missionary established a home base at Kuruman, Bechuanaland

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Answer: David Livingstone

• 19th Century Africa Trivia

In 1888 he gained control of the Kimberley Mine

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Answer: Cecil Rhodes

• 19th Century Africa Trivia

On July 26, 1847 Virginian Joseph Roberts became its first president

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Answer: Liberia

• 19th Century Africa Trivia

This Mali trading post was rediscovered by Major Gordon Laing in 1826

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Answer: Timbuktu