- 1847 — Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society.
- 1948 — U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military.
- 1953 — Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, beginning the Cuban Revolution and the 26th of July Movement.
- 1977 — Ousmane Sembène's Senegalese film 'Ceddo' is released, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam.
Budakha
Poverty
e.g.
Budiambuli bumalanga burera tsisoni imbeli wa bandu bikha bindi.
en
Poverty brings shame before people sometimes
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Rao luor liel liel luor rao
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Hippopotamus go round the grave the grave go round the hippopotamus.
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Stenje
Station
e.g.
Stenje ya reli ya Mwiki iko karibu na stenje ya makarao
en
Mwiki's railway station is close to the police station
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e.g.
Ndapambana mpikisano komabe sindina sankhidwe.
en
I won the competition yet i was not selected.
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