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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 ...
The number of people who died is usually given as 176, with estimates up to 700. [4] The original government figure claimed only 23 students were killed, [25] with the number of wounded estimated to be over 1,000 people. Black students also killed two white people during the uprising, one of them Melville Edelstein. [26] [27] [28]
9 December – French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people. 13 December – While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil , his Imperial Bodyguard revolts unsuccessfully against his rule.
Nationalist and freedom-fighter who was a member of the Kapenguria Six. Karumba and five other men were arrested on October 20, 1952, due to their involvement with the Mau Mau. Pio Gama Pinto: 31 March 1927: 25 February 1965: Journalist, politician and freedom fighter. He was a socialist leader and became independent Kenya's first martyr in 1965.
Black people had to bear their passes when they came into "white" areas. The books became representational of the racial discrimination and tyranny of the government and were hated acutely. Anti-pass campaigns date back to the Nineteenth Century. On 21 March 1960, a great throng assembled at the Sharpeville police station, near Vereeniging.
Public demonstrations have become common in South Africa as communities protest against the ruling African National Congress JOHANNESBURG (AP) — […] The post South Africa will mark 30 years of ...
When the common people of Portugal did choose to emigrate, they were much more likely to head to Brazil and other territories than to Africa. To induce Europeans to move to its African holdings, the Portuguese government resorted to releasing degradados —convicted criminals—from prison in exchange for accepting what amounted to exile in Africa.
As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when they voted for the first ...