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ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… (c. 1327), Sankore (c. 1327-1330), and Sidi Yahia (c. 1400) - remain among the finest surviving examples of … of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Scholars and…
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
On 22 January 1984, amidst the Apartheid government’s constitutional reform plans, the United Democratic Front (UDF) embarked on an ambitious campaign to…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
Mali was once part of the Great Songhay Empire, but came under French rule in 1892. After almost seventy years of colonial rule, Mali was renamed the Sudanese…
Sierra Leone becomes the 100th member of the United Nations (UN).
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The two-day All-in African Conference - with 1,400 delegates from 145 religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political bodies was hosted in…
100 Years of the African National Congress by Neville Alexander
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
Celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s life is an opportunity to move away from the cliché-ridden assessments of his multi-faceted personality…
Parliament ends its session after 103 days and the passing of 100 bills.
Mussolini announces that 400,000 Italians will be going to Ethiopia as settlers.
ArchiveFrame Brown Lung campaign: nearly 100 workers show signs of cotton dust disease
The Egyptian SS Patria sinks in the Red Sea. About 100 are killed.
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino was a journalist and public intellectual who, in the early 1900s, challenged notions of Black racial inferiority in the…
ArchiveLily White Rugby Football Club Images from 1900's - 1978
ArchiveWinter Rose Rugby Football Club Images from 1900 - 1986
Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800 - 1990 by Martin Legassick
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The Partition of Africa 1880–1900 and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century by John M.MacKenzie
EventKip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 mins 34.9 secs
Kipchego “Kip” Keino was born in Kipsano, Kenya on 17 January 1940. Keino began his international running career in 1962. From early on he trained under very…
Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds.
Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer General S.F. Oosthuizen dies of wounds received at Dwarsvlei on 11-07-1900.
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya was born on 7 January 1991 to her parents Dorus and Jacob Semenya. She was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village near Polokwane. As a child,…
Document 140 - “Terrorism on the Mines: Union organisers allege assaults”, The Guardian, 4 December 1947
Nelson Mandela leads 100 000 Blacks in Pretoria in a protest to end White rule.
A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.
A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.
A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.
Ten people die and 100 are injured in a train accident near Muldersvlei station, Paarl.
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… - Timbuktu appeared for the first time on a European map 1400 - Gold trade flourished - from west Africa, through …
BiographyJoseph Mathunjwa
Joseph Mathunjwa was born in Amatikulu in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 26 May 1965. He is the son of David Mathunjwa, who was a Christian preacher. He…