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Anti-Apartheid Activist Mapetla Mohapi Died In Custody On This Day In 1976
Mapetla Mohapi (pictured) was a member of the anti-apartheid Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) in South Africa in the 1970s. As one of the BCM’s early leaders alongside Steve Biko, Mohapi was...
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U.S. Sending Health Experts To Combat West Africa Ebola Outbreak
The spread of Ebola across West Africa has the world on notice; consequently, the United States aims to send around 50 public health experts to the region to combat the disease. So far, two American...
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African Leaders Impose Sanctions Against Burundi On This Day In 1996
In response to a military coup in Burundi, African leaders banded together to impose economic sanctions upon the troubled nation on this day in 1996. Officials who led the fragmented country didn’t...
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Gambian President Dawda Jawara Temporarily Deposed On This Day In 1981
Gambian President Dawda Kairaba Jawara (pictured) endured criticism and the like from the people he presided over, all while trying to stabilize the Gambia’s economical standings amid claims of corruption....
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P.W. Botha Threatened Exile Of Blacks In South Africa On This Day In 1985
P.W. Botha, state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989, was a staunch supporter of policies that kept Black people in the nation from gaining majority rule. With his racist Apartheid policy drawing...
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Frantz Fanon’s ‘Concerning Violence’ Focus Of New Documentary
A new documentary from Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson examines the work of Frantz Fanon and creates a larger discussion regarding Africa’s decolonization. The film, titled “Concerning...
