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Many countries followed in the 1950s and 1960s, with a peak in 1960 with the Year of Africa, which saw 17 African nations declare independence, including a large part of French West Africa. Most of the remaining countries gained independence throughout the 1960s, although some colonizers (Portugal in particular) were reluctant to relinquish ...
The 2019–2021 Algerian protests, also called Revolution of Smiles, [23] [24] began on 16 February 2019, six days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement. The protests were peaceful and led the military to insist on Bouteflika's immediate resignation, which took place on 2 April ...
The Zimbabwean dollar (sign: Z$; code: ZWL), [208] also known as the Zimdollar or Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) dollar, [209] [210] was the currency of Zimbabwe from February 2019 to April 2024. It was the only legally permitted currency for trade in Zimbabwe from June 2019 to March 2020, after which foreign currencies were legalised again ...
Schulte Nordholt, Larissa. "From Metropole to Margin in UNESCO's General History of Africa – Documents of Historiographical Decolonization in Paris and Ibadan" History in Africa Volume 46, (2019), pp. 403–412; Christopher Saunders (2006). "The 'General History of Africa' and Southern Africa's Recent Past". Présence Africaine (173): 117– 126.
O. H. Morris of the British Ministry of Colonies predicted in early January that "1960 will be a year of Africa". [1] The phrase "year of Africa" was also used by Ralph Bunche on 16 February 1960. Bunche anticipated that many states would achieve independence in that year due to the "well nigh explosive rapidity with which the peoples of Africa ...
In 2010, South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first time it was hosted in Africa. Born-free generation registering to vote for the first time in the 2014 general election. The 2014 general election was again won by the ANC, though its share of the vote fell to 62.1%. The Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its vote to 22.2% and ...
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