Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Halle Berry ! NBA Champion, Magic Johnson ! Actor, Antonio Fargas !
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)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player, DeMarcus Cousins ! Actress, Dawnn Lewis ! Opera Singer, Kathleen Battle !

Soprano Kathleen Battle sings “The Lord’s Prayer,” Wednesday, April 16, 2008, during the arrival ceremony in honor of Pope Benedict XVI on the South Lawn of the White House. Cropped version. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! NBA player Antoine Walker ! Actress, Yvette Nicole Brown ! NFL player, Plaxico Burress !
Today in Afro History ! African Nation of Chad gains independence from France in 1960 !

Women in Mao, where water is provided by a water tower. Access to clean water is often a problem in Chad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A Chadian maternity ward. Although improving, Chad’s infrastructure remains far less developed than that of its northern neighbours. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Actress, Viola Davis ! Actress, Sophie Okonedo ! Actor, Duane Martin ! Author, Alex Haley ! NBA player, Patrick “Patty” Mills !

English: Viola Davis at the film premiere of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows in Alice Tully Center, New York City in November 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today in Afro History ! Carl Lewis wins 4 gold medals at Olympics in 1984 !

English: Carl Lewis in midair during a long jump for track and field as an athlete at the University of Houston (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Carl Lewis in World Championships in Athletics in 1983 Français : Carl Lewis championnats du monde 1983 Helsinki Suomi: Carl Lewis Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailuissa Helsingissä vuonna 1983 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carl Lewis at the “green carpet” for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Author/Educator, Anna J. Cooper ! Heavyweight boxing champion, Riddick Bowe ! NBA player, John Starks ! Singer, Michael Bivins ! Singer, Aaron Hall ! Singer Patti Austin !

English: Boxing Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe visited the Pan African Center and posed for pictures with soldiers from the 548th Service Support Battalion, the Marines and Sailors from the 3rd of the 11th, Twentynine Palms, and the Somalia Sports Committee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)