Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
François Maréchal, 1884 — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1884 The Berlin Conference opened, where European powers negotiated the partition of Africa among themselves without a single African representative present.
Sources: World History Encyclopedia ; South African History Online ; Al Jazeera
HistoryThe Congo Free State, the personal territory of Belgium's King Leopold II, was formally annexed by the Belgian state and became the colony of the Belgian Congo.
Sources: Ghent University - Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns Institute of International Law (GRILI) ; Journal of Belgian History (Journal of Belgian History, University of Antwerp repository)
PoliticsAlbert Nyathi, the Zimbabwean praise poet and musician best known for the song "Senzeni Na?" composed after the assassination of Chris Hani, was born in Gwanda District.
Sources: National Arts Council of Zimbabwe ; The Standard (Zimbabwe)
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