On this day — October 30 in African history

Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.

1831

Nat Turner, leader of a rebellion of enslaved people in Virginia, was captured after weeks in hiding.

Politics
1888

King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession, exclusive mining rights in his kingdom, to agents of Cecil Rhodes, paving the way for British colonization of what became Rhodesia.

Politics
1933

Warith Deen Mohammed, son of Elijah Muhammad who later steered the Nation of Islam toward mainstream Sunni Islam, was born.

Birth