Osun Osogbo Festival

UNESCO-recognized cultural festival honoring the Osun river goddess

A two-week festival culminating in a grand finale at the Osun Sacred Grove. The festival reaffirms the bond between the Osun goddess and the people of Osogbo. It was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2005.

On this day in African history

• 1829 The coronation of Queen Ranavolana I of Madagascar takes place after the death of her husband, King Radama I.
• 1964 South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
• 1986 Yoweri Kaguta Museveni becomes president of Uganda after ousting Milton Obote in a military coup.
• 2013 Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is elected President of Mali. · Mali

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