International Creole Festival
Celebration of Creole culture through music, dance, and arts
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International Creole Festival
What this holiday commemorates
- 1985 (c.) Navin Ramgoolam reassesses his career after the death of his father Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, eventually persuaded to return to Mauritius and lead th... · Mauritius
- 2014 (c.) Navin Ramgoolam suffers a landslide defeat in the general elections after proposing a 'Second Republic' constitutional reform with the MMM, losing the... · Mauritius
On this day in African history
- 1955 Oliver Tambo becomes the Secretary-General of the African National Congress following the state banning of Walter Sisulu. · South Africa
- 1957 Oliver Tambo freed from legal proceedings as the state withdraws treason charges against him. · South Africa
- 1958 The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
- 1958 Tom Mboya elected chairman of the All-African Peoples' Conference in Accra, emerging as a leading Pan-African organizer. · Ghana
- 1960 Mobutu Sese Seko's men arrest Patrice Lumumba for inciting the army to rebellion.
- 1960 (c.) British colonial authorities permit Fred Kubai and Kung'u Karumba to leave Lodwar under localized restriction orders. · Kenya