Gerewol Festival

Traditional Wodaabe cultural festival

Famous cultural festival of the Wodaabe people featuring traditional courtship rituals, music, and dance

On this day in African history

• 1979 A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows Emperor Bokassa I. · Central African Republic
• 2012 14 people are killed in a cafe suicide bombing in Somalia.
• 2022 Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge breaks his world record at the Berlin marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute 9 seconds.

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