Photo by Pridan Moshe (1966) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1963 Kenya attained Madaraka (internal self-government) under Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, a major milestone on the path to full independence in December 1964.
IndependenceOn this day — June 1 in African history
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Photo by Pridan Moshe (1966) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1963 South Africa formally rejoined the Commonwealth of Nations after the end of apartheid, having left the organization in 1961.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1955 Habib Bourguiba returned triumphantly to Tunis after negotiating Tunisia's internal autonomy from France; June 1 was thereafter commemorated as Tunisia's "Victory Day."
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Koen Suyk / Anefo — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1979 Bishop Abel Muzorewa became the first Black head of government in Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia), ending 90 years of white-minority rule.
PoliticsEnslaved and freed Black street porters known as ganhadores launched a major labor strike in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, one of the earliest organized labor actions by people of African descent in the Americas.
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