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January
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Today in African History

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Historical Events

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  • 🎭 ? Vodoun Festival or Fête du Vodoun - A public holiday in Benin celebrating the nation's history surrounding the West African religion of Vodoun. 
  • 🎭 ? Vodoun Festival or Fête du Vodoun - A public holiday in Benin celebrating the nation's history surrounding the West African religion of Vodoun.  🇧🇯 Benin
  • 🎭 ? Vodoun Festival or Fête du Vodoun - A public holiday in Benin celebrating the nation's history surrounding the West African religion of Vodoun.  🇧🇯 Benin
  • Lansana Conté
    🏛️ 2007
    A general strike by trade unions and opposition parties begins in Guinea, in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign. 
  • ⚠️ 2015 72 people are killed and 169 others hospitalized after a mass poisoning of beer with crocodile bile at a funeral in Mozambique.

Famous Births

3
  • M'bilia Bel
    1959
    M’bilia Bel, a Congolese singer, is born.
  • M'bilia Bel
    1959 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
    M’bilia Bel, a Congolese singer, is born.
  • Emmanuel Frimpong
    1992
    Emmanuel Frimpong, a Ghanaian footballer, is born.

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