Africa: Coups in Africa and Way Forward in 2022

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Africa: Coups in Africa and Way Forward in 2022

[Leadership] The year 2021 was remarkable and unique following the many events in Africa, which could have major impacts in 2022. Power grabs, unconstitutional military takeovers, coup d'état shaped the political scene in Africa, threatening the future of democracy in the continent.

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Ahmed Sekou Toure, dies.

Ahmed Sekou Toure, first president of Guinea, dies. Sekou Toure, president of Guinea dies.

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Mar

27

1984

Etta Moten sings for President

Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House.

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Jan

31

1934

Bermuda's First Woman Prime Minister Sworn in

Pamela Gordon, Bermudas first woman prime minister, is sworn into office.

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Mar

27

1997

Executive Order 9808

In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil

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Dec

5

1946

Patricia R.Harris

Patricia R. Harris named secretary of housing and urban development by President-elect Carter.

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Dec

21

1976

Nelson Mandela is released

Nelson Mandelas greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky

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Feb

11

1990

Rebellion Collapsed/People Killed in the Struggles

White Democrats seized statehouse in Louisiana coup detat. President Grant ordered the revolutionaries to disperse, and the rebellion collapsed. Twenty-seven persons (sixteen whites and eleven Blacks) were killed in battles between Democrats and Republicans.

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Sep

14

1874

Spottiswood W. Robinson

Spottiswood W. Robinson, representative of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, dean of the Howard University Law School, member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Circuit Judge of the D.C. Circuit, born

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Jul

26

1916

Did You Know That In...

1517 - Black plantation slavery begins in the New World when Spainiard begin importing slaves from Africa to replace Native Americans who died from harsh working conditions and exposure to disease.

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Jan

0

1517

First Aboriginal Senator Chosen

First Aboriginal Senator Chosen

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May

23

1971

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Born: 0/29/938 Monrovia, LiberiaAfrica’s first female head of state won the 20 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in promoting Liberian reconciliation and in atoning for Liberia’s history of civil war. She was re-elected for a second term the same year, reneging on an earlier promise to run for only

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Islam in Africa

Islam in Africa, the development of the Muslim religion on the African

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Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)

Idi Amin was the Ugandan military dictator and President from 1971 to 1979. During his reign Amin’s military forces are estimated to have killed 500,000 people and exiled roughly 70,000 non-Ugandan nationals (mostly Indians) from

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Freedmen's Bank closed

Freedmens Bank closed. Black depositors had some $3 Million in the bank, which had an imposing headquarters in Washington and branches in various cities President Frederick Douglass said later that the Freedmens Bank had been the Black mans cow and the white mans milk.

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May

1

1

Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment

Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmens Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. A Black delegation, led by Frederick Douglas

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Feb

5

1866

Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Andrew F. Brimmer, economist and former Professor of Economics at University of Pennsylvania, is nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as a Governor of the Federal Reserve System. This appointment represented the first black to serve in this capacity.

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Apr

13

1966

Proclamation on Violence

President Grant issued proclamation on violence in Mississippi.

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Dec

21

1874

A Policy of Segregation

America entered World War I. President Wilson, who had just inaugurated a policy of segregation in government agencies, told Congress that the world must be made safe for democracy.

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Apr

6

1917

Stephen Bantu Biko

One of the greatest sons of Africa was brutaly mudered by then government of apatheird in South Africa.Biko was a thinker, intellect and a father.His philosophy was that blacks must be proud to be black and blacks must redifine themselves.We as South Africans this month we are mournibg his demise

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Sep

12

2002

Series of events in African American history

Between the years of 1500-1884, there was a series of events that happened in African American history. Between the 1500-1600s, there were slave revolts in the West Indies; from 1655-17-38, there was the war between the British and Maroons; in 1750, there was a British free trade in human flesh; in

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Jan

0

0

Claimed Pres. Election

President Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden claimed the presidential election. Republicans and Democrats claimed elections in Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida.

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Nov

7

1876

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg,

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Jan

5

1875

Ethiopia defeats Italy at Battle of Adowa

The Battle of Adwa and the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal

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Mar

2

1896

President sent federal troops to South Carolina

President sent federal troops to South Carolina.

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Oct

26

1876

President Joseph Jenkins Roberts

President Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a native of Virginia, declared Liberia an independent republic.

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Jul

26

1847

Dr. Herman Branson -- Physicist, Chemist

Born: August 14, 1914

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Aug

14

1914

President Grant suspended the writ of habeas

President Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus and declared martial law in nine South Carolina counties affected by Klan disturbances.

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Oct

17

1871

Cornel West is an American philosopher, activist, academic and intellectual; he is also the first African-American to have graduated from Princeton University with a PhD in

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Jun

2

1963

Meneeik II crowned

On November 2, 1889 Menelik II was crowned Negusa-Nagast (King of Kings) of Abysinnia, Ethiopia. By 1899 Abysinnia had extended as far as Kenya in the south, Somaliland in the East, and the Sudan in the West. During his reign, Menelik devoted much of his time to the building of

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Nov

2

1889

Colonization of Africa organized

Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin, November 15, February 26.

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Nov

15

1884

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