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.
Sources: Encyclopedia.com (Gale, Contemporary Black Biography) ; Black History Month (UK) ; MyJoyOnline
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.
Sources: The Guardian ; International Crisis Group ; Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
TragedyThe Gambia was admitted as a member of the United Nations, months after gaining independence from Britain.
Sources: United Nations Treaty Collection ; Encyclopedia.com (Gale, Encyclopedia of the Nations) ; Africa Press (The Gambia)
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.
Sources: Al Jazeera ; The Independent ; Neustadt Prizes / World Literature Today
Death