- 1962 — Nelson Mandela is arrested for incitement and for illegally leaving South Africa.
- 1964 — Rebel forces capture Stanleyville, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 1996 — Abdul Rahman Mohammed Babu, Tanzanian politician and anticolonialist leader, dies.
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Sani saa aboro Samson somo saburi siaya
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Its Two, Samson is reading the book of Psalms in Siaya.
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Munyapara
Steward
e.g.
Munyapara wa kwakwe anamuriha magana mairi kila dzulo
en
He pays his Steward two hundred every evening
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