The Kunene river viewed from the Namibian side, near Swartbooisdrift, 4km west of the small village Ongato, in the Angolan Cunene province. Makalani palms fringe the opposite bank. Deutsch: Kunene in der nähe von Swartbooisdrift, 4km entfernt von Ongato, Cunene provinz, Angola (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Afro History
Today in Afro History ! Singer/Actress, Aaliyah dies in plane crash in 2001.
Today in Afro History ! Edith Sampson is appointed as the first Afro American delegate to the United Nations in 1950 !
Today in Afro History ! National Negro Business League is founded by Booker T. Washington in 1900 !
Today in Afro History ! Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first Prime Minister passes away in 1978 !
Discovery of Nat Turner: wood engraving illustrating Benjamin Phipps’s capture of Nat Turner (1800-1831) on October 30, 1831 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Improved version of the logo for Template:North American Slave Revolts, using the same public domain image, created in photoshop. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Senegal breaks from The Mali Federation, declaring it’s independence in 1960 !
Today in Afro History ! Bishop Desmond Tutu defies apartheid laws by walking on a whites only beach in 1989 ! Renaldo “Skeets” Nehemiah breaks world record in the 110m hurdles and becomes the first ever to run it under 13 seconds in 1981 !
Desmond Tutu 2007 at the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag in Cologne 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Golden Key Honorary Member, Desmond Tutu, providing the keynote address at the University of the Western Cape’s New Member Recognition Event. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Activist Steve Biko is arrested by South African police in 1977. He would later die from injuries suffered during his arrest. South Africa is banned from 1964 Olympics because of apartheid.
Today in Afro History ! Actress/Singer, Pearl Bailey passes away in 1990 !
Today in Afro History ! The Republic of the Congo gains independence from France in 1960 !
Today in Afro History ! The Central African Republic declares independence from France in 1960 !
By Afrika Force from South Africa – Bangui Shopping District
English: Shaded relief map of the Central African Republic. Cropped caption: Base 802739 (B01340) 2-01 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Central African Republic (orthographic projection) Português: República Centro-Africana (projeção ortográfica) Español: República Centroafricana (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)







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