CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1964 Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom and became the Republic of Zambia, with Kenneth Kaunda as its first president.
IndependenceOn this day — October 24 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1964 On the UN's 25th anniversary, the General Assembly's declaration described apartheid as "a crime against the conscience and dignity of mankind."
PoliticsJabulani "HHP" Tsambo, pioneering South African Motswako rapper, died in Johannesburg.
DeathMarjorie Joyner, African-American businesswoman and educator who became the first Black woman to patent a permanent hair-wave machine, was born.
Birth
Photo by House Creative Services — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1948 Kweisi Mfume, American congressman who later served as president and CEO of the NAACP, was born.
Birth
Unknown author — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, died.
Civil Rights
Photo by Eckhard Pecher (Arcimboldo) — CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons 2014 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle-distance runner and 2009 world champion in the 800 metres, died in a car accident.
Death
Photo by Alan Light — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2017 Robert Guillaume, American actor who voiced Rafiki in The Lion King and starred in the sitcom Benson, died.
Death