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Decoration Day
Day to decorate the graves of ancestors
Celebration date
March 13
Geographic reach
1 country
A day to remember and honor the deceased by decorating their graves.
A national day for Liberians to clean and decorate the graves of their loved ones
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On this day in African history
- ? 1591 — Mali: Moroccan Saadi forces defeat Songhai at Tondibi near Gao, shattering West Africa’s largest empire and shifting power and trade toward the...
- ? 1900 — South Africa: British troops occupy Bloemfontein during the Second Boer War, seizing the Orange Free State capital and paving the way for annex...
- ? 1989 — Nigeria: Yemi Alade, Afropop star; “Johnny” became a continental hit. First African female artist to reach one million YouTube subscribers; UND...
- ? 1959 — Cameroon: UN General Assembly Resolution 1349 ends French Cameroon’s trusteeship effective 1960 and orders British Cameroons plebiscites, shapi...
- ? 1884 — Sudan: Mahdist forces encircle Khartoum, beginning a ten‑month siege against General Gordon’s garrison and reshaping British policy on the Nile... · Sudan
- ? 2016 — Côte d’Ivoire: AQIM gunmen attack Grand‑Bassam beach resorts, killing 19 and wounding dozens, highlighting Sahelian jihadist reach to coastal s... · Côte d'Ivoire