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Nov 18, 2016

Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997

Kamuzu Banda (Hastings Kamuzu Banda), medical practitioner and politician: born 14 May 1898; Minister of Natural Resourc...

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Nov 18, 2016

Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016

Hastings Banda was one of the more enigmatic “Big Men” of the post-independence era in Africa. He was Malawi...

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Nov 17, 2016

The Sound of Success, Celebrating Creative Collaborations by Zunaid Omar (Sunday Independent), 13 November 2016

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Nov 17, 2016

Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016

Date of birth: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, amongst ...

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Nov 17, 2016

A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State

From Military Chairman to President of the Republic: After dissolving the national electoral committee, Ibrahim Baré Ma...

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Nov 17, 2016

A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State

Early Humans: Considerable evidence indicates that about 600,000 years ago, humans inhabited what has since become the ...

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Nov 17, 2016

Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016

Key facts and history of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview: Burki...

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Nov 17, 2016

A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015

A Grand Heritage: Malians express great pride in their ancestry. Mali is the cultural heir to the succession of ancient...

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Nov 17, 2016

Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa

This, according to Marie-Louise Baricako, a prominent gender activist from Burundi, is what life is like at the moment f...

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Nov 17, 2016

Side By Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph

Helen Joseph is one of the most well-known South African women to campaign against apartheid. Her autobiography is being...

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Nov 17, 2016

Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky

Some African Americans, however, haven’t lost touch with this past, and have found success tracing their lineages ...

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Nov 17, 2016

Albertville, Johannesburg

Suburb of Johannesburg adjoinng Albertskroon, to the South-East of it. It was laid out in 1896 on the Farm 'Waterval' an...

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Nov 16, 2016

Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007

Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the fu...

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Nov 16, 2016

Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011

Honorable Ministers; Ladies and Gentlemen; It is a great honour and pleasure for me to welcome you on the occasion of ...

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Nov 15, 2016

"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago

(Extracts from an exclusive article published in Ebony. Reproduced with permission.) ...The solution to the South Afric...

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