Ondřej Žváček — CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons 2005 The final section of the Obelisk of Axum, a 1,700-year-old carved stele looted by Italian forces in 1937, was returned to Ethiopia.
CultureOn this day — April 25 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Ondřej Žváček — CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons 2005 
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1887 Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and early pan-Africanist intellectual who prominently criticized French colonialism, was born in Porto-Novo, Dahomey.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1932 Meadowlark Lemon, African-American basketball entertainer known as the 'Clown Prince' of the Harlem Globetrotters, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina.
BirthSamson Kitur, Kenyan sprinter and 1992 Olympic bronze medalist in the 400 metres, died.
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