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It was followed by De Voortrekkers (1916), South Africa's (and possibly Africa's) first epic film and oldest surviving film, about the Great Trek and targeted at an Afrikaner audience. [17] A notable theme in early South African cinema was the ethnic confrontation between Afrikaner (specifically Boer ) and British South Africans.
Nine-Night, also known as Dead Yard, is a funerary tradition originating from the Asante people of west Africa and practiced in several Caribbean countries (primarily Jamaica). It is an extended wake that lasts for nine days, with roots from the Akan culture during 9 day period of observing the dead known as Dabɔnɛ (say: dah-boh-neh). [ 1 ]
Year Title Director Genre Notes 1972: When Fate Hardens (also known as Destiny is Very Hard): Abdella Zarok: feature film [4]1974: The Road: Mohamed Shaaban: feature film [4]1976 ...
During the ceremony, around 500 prisoners would be sacrificed. As many as 4,000 were reported killed in one of these ceremonies in 1727. [5] [6] [7] Most of the victims were sacrificed through decapitation, a tradition widely used by Dahomean kings, and the literal translation for the Fon name for the ceremony Xwetanu is "yearly head business". [8]
Killed by the Armed Islamic Group. August 21, 1993: Kasdi Merbah, former Prime Minister of Algeria: March 10, 1994: Abdelkader Alloula, playwright Killed by two members of the Islamic Front for Armed Jihad. September 29, 1994: Cheb Hasni, singer December 3, 1994: Saïd Mekbel, journalist Assassinated with a car bomb in Aïn Bénian. September ...
This is a list of mass or spree killers in Africa. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves. [1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3] [4] [5]
The Wagalla massacre was a massacre of ethnic Somalis by the Kenyan Army on 10 February 1984 in Wajir County, Kenya. [1] Government troops were ordered to stop clan violence in the area, and did so by first detaining some 5,000 locals at an airstrip, denying them food and water for a week, and then shooting them. [2]
South West Africa: Solomon Mahlangu [7] Umkhonto we Sizwe activist 6 April 1979 Pretoria South Africa: David Sibeko [8] Pan Africanist Congress activist 12 June 1979 Dar es Salaam Tanzania: Joe Gqabi [9] ANC activist 31 July 1981 Salisbury (now Harare) Zimbabwe: Griffiths Mxenge [10] ANC activist 19 November 1981 Umlazi South Africa: Neil ...