Helene C. Stikkel — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Olusegun Obasanjo was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, the country's first elected civilian head of state after sixteen years of military rule, a date now marked as Democracy Day.
PoliticsOn this day — May 29 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Helene C. Stikkel — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 
Randall Studio — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1851 Sojourner Truth, the formerly enslaved abolitionist, delivered her celebrated 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech at a women's rights convention in Ohio.
Civil Rights
Prime Minister's Office — GODL-India, Wikimedia Commons 1926 Abdoulaye Wade, who served as President of Senegal, was born.
BirthHamilton Naki, the self-taught South African surgical assistant who helped pioneer the world's first heart transplant, died.
Death
Pete Sheffield — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1989 Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American NFL defensive end, was born.
Birth
Lula Oficial — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons South Africa held a general election in which the African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since the end of apartheid.
Politics