Moshood Abiola, the Nigerian businessman who won the widely regarded freest and fairest election in Nigerian history in 1993 only to have it annulled by the military, was born in Abeokuta.
BirthOn this day — August 24 in African history
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Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 394 The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom was carved at the Temple of Isis on Philae, the last known inscription written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
HistoryOttoman forces under Selim I decisively defeated the Cairo-based Mamluk Sultanate at the Battle of Marj Dabiq, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Egypt.
HistorySiaka Stevens, who became the first president of Sierra Leone and ruled for nearly two decades, was born.
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Secretum Mundi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2003 Wilfred Thesiger, the Ethiopian-born British explorer renowned for his journeys across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian deserts, died.
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