Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Photo by Abbie Rowe, National Park Service (1961) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1960 Ghana was declared a republic within the British Commonwealth, with Kwame Nkrumah becoming its first president.
Sources: World Bank ; Judicial Service of Ghana
Politics
Unknown author — Public Domain (no copyright relations), Wikimedia Commons 1960 British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland united to form the independent Somali Republic.
Sources: U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian ; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1962 Rwanda gained independence from Belgium.
Sources: Rwanda High Commission in Canada ; State Archives in Belgium
Independence
Photo by Fritz Cohen, Israeli Government Press Office (1962) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1962 Burundi gained independence from Belgium.
Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burundi ; State Archives in Belgium
Independence
Public Domain (official ballot, National Printing Office), Wikimedia Commons Algerians voted overwhelmingly (99.72%) for independence from France in a referendum held under the Évian Accords.
Sources: Journal Officiel Algérie ; Centre for European Studies, University of Luxembourg
Independence
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1885 King Leopold II of Belgium took personal possession of the Congo Free State, a private colony held in his own name rather than Belgium's. Its rubber regime became one of the most brutal in colonial Africa.
Sources: BlackPast ; Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
Colonial History