Natal Archives anon., Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1870 Moshoeshoe I, founder of the Basotho nation and Lesotho's first king, died; the date is commemorated as Moshoeshoe Day.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Lesotho Times
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Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
On this day: March 11 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Natal Archives anon., Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1870 
Yoichi Okamoto, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1971 Whitney Young, American civil rights leader who headed the National Urban League, died.
Sources: Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University ; Social Welfare History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
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Antonio Cruz/ABr, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons 2022 Rupiah Banda, fourth President of Zambia, died.
Sources: ACCORD (African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes) ; Mail & Guardian
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