Charles Robinson, after Melton Prior (1845 - 1910) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1879 At the Battle of Kambula during the Anglo-Zulu War, British forces repelled a Zulu army of around 20,000 warriors.
WarOn this day — March 29 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Charles Robinson, after Melton Prior (1845 - 1910) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1879 
Robin Taylor from Bamako, Mali — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1947 The Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule began in Madagascar.
Politics
Muhammad Mahdi Karim — GFDL 1.2, Wikimedia Commons 2013 A sixteen-story building collapsed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing at least 36 people.
Disaster
unknown, Présence Congolaise — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1959 Barthélemy Boganda, the first prime minister and a founding father of the Central African Republic, died in a plane crash.
Death
Aboubacarkhoraa — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1950 Mory Kanté, Guinean singer whose 'Yé ké yé ké' became an international hit, was born.
Birth
Nosa Asemota — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1952 Bola Tinubu, Nigerian politician who later became President of Nigeria, was born.
Birth
VOA — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2021 Sarah Onyango Obama, Kenyan educator and step-grandmother of US President Barack Obama, died.
Death