British forces under Herbert Kitchener captured Dongola in Sudan during the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the country.
HistoryOn this day — September 21 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Photo by Abbie Rowe, National Park Service (1961) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1909 Kwame Nkrumah, the Pan-Africanist leader who became Ghana's first president and prime minister, was born in Nkroful, Gold Coast.
Birth
CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 2013 Al-Shabaab gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 67 people in a four-day siege.
TragedyThe Gambia was admitted as a member of the United Nations, months after gaining independence from Britain.
Independence
Photo by Chidi Anthony Opara — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2013 Ghanaian poet, literary critic, and diplomat Kofi Awoonor was among the 67 people killed when Al-Shabaab gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.
Death