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Category: Africa and the African Continent
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions related to Africa that highlight or take place in African nations.
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Africa Events
Readjustment Movement's Day (GW)(1980): No...
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Readjustment Movement's Day in Guinea-Bissau marks the anniversary of November 14, 1980, when a coup overthrew the government and led to the next four years of rule under a special council. Readjustment M...
January
Republic Day, (TD)(1958): November 28
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Republic Day in Chad marks the anniversary of November 28, 1958, when the nation declared itself a republic. Republic Day is a national holiday.
January
Revolution Day, (DZ)(1954): November 1
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Revolution Day in Algeria marks the anniversary of November 1, 1954, when the citizens began their revolt against the nation of France. Revolution Day is a national holiday.
January
Sigd (IL): November 19/20
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Sigd, Mehlella or Amata Saww originated with the Jewish community of Ethiopia and is now a state holiday in Israel. It occurs 50 days after Yom Kippur. Sigd commemorates the acceptance of the Torah.
January
Tree Festival Day, (TN): November 9
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Tree Festival Day (Arbor Day) occurs on November 9 in Tunisia, focusing on preserving and saving the African nation's forest.
January
Western Sahara Annexed by Morocco (WI/MO)(...
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November 14, 1975, Spanish (Western) Sahara, Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania signed the Madrid Accords, leading to the annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco, ushering in the last colonization on the cont...
January
Independence Day, (NG)(1960/1963): October...
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Independence Day in Nigeria marks the anniversary of October 1, 1960, the official day of independence from Britain. It also marks October 1, 1963, when Nigeria became a republic. Independence Day is a na...
January
Independence Day (GN)(1958): October 2
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AN END TO COLONIALISM: GUINEA INDEPENDENCE DAY Guinea Independence Day is celebrated annually on October 2nd to mark the day in 1958 when the West African nation of Guinea became the first French colony...
January
Armed Forces Day (EG)(1973): October 6
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In 1967 the nation-state of Israel invaded Egypt, Jordanian territory, and Syria, taking control over the Sinai Peninsula, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights in what would be...
January
Evacuation Day, Italian (LY)(1970): Octobe...
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Evacuation Day commemorates October 7, 1970, when Italy evacuated its troops from Libyan soil and ports. Libya has several evacuation days marking various departures, including June 11, 1970, American Eva...
January
Independence Day, (UG)(1962): October 9
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Independence Day in Uganda marks the anniversary of October 9, 1962, when Uganda gained independence from Britain. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Igbo-Ora World Twins Festival (NG): Octobe...
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Double trouble and double fun, the annual World Twins Festival in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, hosts over one thousand pairs of twins, many in matching outfits. Igbo-Ora has an unusually high birth rate for twins,...
January
Independence Day, (GQ)(1968): October 12
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Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea marks the anniversary of October 12, 1968, the official day of independence from Spain. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Felabration (NG): October 13-19 (est)
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Felabration is an annual music and arts festival held in Lagos, Nigeria, created in memory of Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician and human rights activist who was a significant figure in African music and the...
January
Gadhafi Assassination (2011): October 20
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Today marks the anniversary of the assassination of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. Muammar Gaddafi (often spelled Qaddafi or other variants) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who...
January
Mashujaa Day (KE)(1952): October 20
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On October 20, 1952, Kenya's first president (as yet a revolutionary), Jomo Kenyatta, and five colleagues were arrested by British colonial forces. That event is the origin of this holiday, initially call...
January
Liberation Day (LY)(2011): October 23
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CELEBRATING FREEDOM: LIBYA'S LIBERATION DAY Liberation Day in Libya is observed on October 23rd each year to commemorate the official end of the Libyan Civil War in 2011 and the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's...
January
Independence Day, (ZM)(1964): October 27
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Independence Day in Zambia marks the anniversary of October 24, 1964, the official day the nation gained independence from Britain. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Lake of Stars (MW): September 5-7 (est)
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MUSIC UNDER THE STARS AT LAKE OF STARS Lake of Stars is Malawi's foremost music festival, created in 2004 by Will Jameson, a British ex-pat. After spending a year in Malawi, he fell in love with the pla...
January
Independence Day, Somhlolo Day (SZ)(1968):...
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Independence Day in Swaziland marks the anniversary of September 6, 1968, the official day the nation gained independence from Britain. Independence Day is a national holiday called Somhlolo Day in hono...
January
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