Word of the Day: “Too much discussion means a quarrel.” – Ivorian Proverb.
Today in history in 1964
“The University of Abidjan is founded. In 1996, the largest university of Côte d’Ivoire will be renamed Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, after the country’s first president.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/09-jan
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 09, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 09, 2024).Word of the Day: “You cannot drink medicine on behalf of a sick person.” – South African Proverb.
Today in history in 1908,
“Having successfully passed her licensing exams, South Africa’s Cecilia Makiwane is registered as the first black professional nurse in her country.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/07-jan
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 08, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 08, 2024).Word of the Day: “You cannot drink medicine on behalf of a sick person.” – South African Proverb.
Today in history in 1908,
“Having successfully passed her licensing exams, South Africa’s Cecilia Makiwane is registered as the first black professional nurse in her country.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/07-jan
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 07, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 07, 2024).Word of the Day: “A ripened fruit does not cling to the vine.” – Zimbabwean Proverb.
Today in history in 2019,
“Zimbabwe is officially Africa’s Number One tobacco producer after final 2018 figures show exports of US$892 million. Government helped production when the Central Bank boosted its farmer aid scheme, the Tobacco Input Finance Facility, from US$28 million in 2017 to US$70 million in 2018.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/06-jan
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 06, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 06, 2024).Word of the Day: “No matter how tall your grandfather is, you have to do your own growing.” – Kenyan Proverb.
Today in history in 1938, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o,
“Kenyan intellectual and writer in print and theatre, was born in Kaminithu, British Kenya. His 1986 book Decolonizing the Mind, is a seminal work on the role of language in Africa’s development and identity. He was imprisoned by order of Kenya’s Vice President Daniel Arap Moi for one year following the production of his 1976 political play “I Will Marry When I Want,” which government shut down because of political content. While in prison he wrote the first novel in the Gĩkũyũ language, Devil on the Cross, using prison toilet paper.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/05-jan
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 05, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 05, 2024).Word of the Day: “Water may cover the footprint on the ground but it does not cover the words of the mouth.” – Nigerian Proverb.
Today in history in 2019,
“Lionheart, the first film directed by Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji, who also wrote the script was released. This is the first original production from Nigeria purchased and distributed by the global on-line streaming service Netflix. The film will be chosen as the first submission ever made by Nigeria for consideration by the Academy Awards (Oscars) for the Best International Film category.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/04-jan
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 04, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 04, 2024).Word of the Day: “One single finger cannot pick a louse.” – Liberian Proverb.
Today in history in 1848,
“Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as Liberia’s first president, in Monrovia. Nathaniel Brander is sworn-in as the vice president of the five month-old country.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/31-dec
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 03, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 03, 2024).Word of the Day: “Every monkey is a gazelle in its mother’s eyes.” – Tunisian Proverb.
Today in history in 1909,
Dr. Tewhida Ben Sheikh was born. She was the first Muslim woman to become a physician in North Africa, in Tunisia. She was a pioneer gynecologist who did progressive work in contraception and abortion access. After her long career and life, she died at age 101 in 2010. She became the first woman to appear on Tunisian currency, the 10-dinar note, in 2020.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/31-dec
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 2, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 2, 2024).Word of the Day: “No shortcuts exist to the top of a palm tree.” – African Proverb.
Today in history in 1808,
“Law signed by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, The Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves, goes into effect. Some smuggling of enslaved Africans continues until the U.S. Civil War is fought to end slavery.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/31-dec
News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 1, 2024).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (January 1, 2024).Happy New Year to you and Family
Word of the Day: “No one can pass twice between the thighs of an elephant.” – Kenyan Proverb.
Today in history in 1977,
“Kenyan writer and intellectual Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is arrested on orders of Vice President Daniel Arap Moi, and imprisoned for one year for his political play I Will Marry When I Want.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/31-dec
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 31, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 31, 2023).Word of the Day: “A coward has no scar.” – Zimbabwean Proverb.
Today in history in BC 2500, “the stone carvers and builders of Egypt are finishing the Great Sphinx at Giza, chiseling the head of the Egyptian King Khafre atop the body of a reclining lion. The monumental statue is not intended as a work of art, but has the practical function of guarding the roadway to Khafre’s pyramid tomb.”
Also, in 1987, “Robert Mugabe is elected President of Zimbabwe for the first time, as his position as head of government changes to President. Mugabe has been running Zimbabwe as Prime Minister since 1980.”
Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/30-dec
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 30, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 30, 2023).Word of the Day: “Fine words do not produce food.” – Nigerian Proverb.
Today in history in 1851, “Akitoye is installed for a second time as the Oba of Lagos. The British have helped by forcing out Oba Kosoko after what the Yoruba people have called Ogun Ahoyaya (“The Battle of the Boiling Canons”). Kosoko is Akitoye’s nephew who ousted Akitoye in a 1845 coup d’état. In three days, on 1 January 1852, Akitoye will sign a treaty between Lagos and Great Britain that outlaws human sacrifice and the slave trade in what will become Nigeria.” Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/29-dec
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 29, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 29, 2023).Word of the Day: “Don’t waste time putting forward arguments in good faith in the face of people of bad faith.” – King Hassan II of Morocco.
Today in history in 2020, “Morocco’s Palais Ronsard, the stylish restaurant in Marrakech, wins the Prix Versailles award from U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the International Union of Architects award for “World’s Most Beautiful Restaurant.” Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/28-dec
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 28, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 28, 2023).Word of the Day: “If you fill your mouth with a razor, you will spit blood.” – Nigerian Proverb.
Today in history in 1940, Molara Ogundipe, a Nigerian poet, writer and pioneering African feminist was born in Lagos, Nigeria. From the early 1960s, she was one of the leading writers exploring African feminism, as a critic focusing on gender studies and literary theory. She would become an important authority on the topic of African women in general and the global feminism movement. Source: https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/27-dec#google_vignette
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 27, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 27, 2023).
Word of the Day: “The day on which one starts out is not the time to start one’s preparations.” – Nigerian Proverb.
Today in history in 1970,
Chioma Ajunwa, the first Nigerian to win an Olympics gold medal, in Imo, Nigeria was born. She was the first black African woman to win an Olympics gold medal in a field event, at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 25, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 25, 2023).
Word of the Day: “He whose covering belongs to others is uncovered.” – Libyan Proverb.
Today in history in 1951, Libya achieves national independence.
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 24, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 24, 2023).
Word of the Day: “Whoever is patient with a cowrie shell will one day have thousands of them.” – Nigerian Proverb.
Today in history in 1969, the Nigerian Civil War draws to a close with Nigerian federal forces’ final military push against the breakaway Republic of Biafra, with an offensive led by future Nigerian president Col. Olusegun Obasanjo.
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 23, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 23, 2023).
Word of the Day: “If you fail to be a lizard in your own land, you will fail to be a crocodile in another land.” – Mozambique Proverb.
Today in history in 1937,
Mozambique’s national airline Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique begins operations.
News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 22, 2023).
Continue reading News highlights from Africa and beyond (December 22, 2023).originally published here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lakunlejain/history-africa-mount-kilimanjaro
The latest episode of History Africa on Afriqai Podcast, “Mount Kilimanjaro,” is here to take you on a thrilling journey to the summit of Africa’s highest peak. Hosted by the ever-eloquent @kayjay, this episode is a climb up a mountain and an exploration into the heart of Africa’s natural history and cultural significance. Listen here.
Continue reading History Africa: Mount KilimanjaroOriginally published here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lakunlejain/history-africa-african-folklores
We’re thrilled to announce the latest episode of our beloved series, History Africa on Afriqai Podcast. In this captivating episode, our host, @kayjay, takes us on an extraordinary journey through the heart of traditional African folklore.
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