On this day — November 28 in African history

Name: Mauritania gained independence from France, with Moktar Ould Daddah becoming the country's first president.
Start: 1960

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

Today

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1960

Mauritania gained independence from France, with Moktar Ould Daddah becoming the country's first president.

Independence

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1875

British explorer Verney Lovett Cameron reached the Atlantic coast at Benguela, becoming the first European to cross equatorial Africa from coast to coast.

Culture