Britain and Egypt signed the agreement establishing the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium that governed Sudan jointly until its 1956 independence.
HistoryOn this day — January 19 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Jialiang Gao, www.peace-on-earth.org — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 2019 UNESCO's 2019 inscription recognized Timkat, the colorful Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany held every January 19, as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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Library of Congress Life — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1969 Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist known for Breath, Eyes, Memory and The Farming of Bones, was born.
BirthK. Sello Duiker, acclaimed South African novelist known for Thirteen Cents and The Quiet Violence of Dreams, died at age 30.
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