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Sarafina!
Sarafina is a musical drama film based on an anti-apartheid musical by Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela. The story is set in Soweto, South Africa, during the 1976 student uprising and follows a young girl named Sarafina...
Historical Events
7- 1959 The National Football League is founded, introducing professional soccer to South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds. 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Sarafina film adaptation based on Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela's anti-apartheid musical, premiers at Cannes Film Festival. - 1995 Runaway locomotive kills over 100 miners at Vaal Reefs gold mine, South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Yoweri Museveni wins Uganda's first presidential election in 16 years. - 2014 Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers. 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2014 Tear gas thrown into soccer stands by police officers in Kinshasa, DRC, kills fifteen and injures 46. 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Famous Deaths
1- 1995 Runaway locomotive kills over 100 miners at Vaal Reefs gold mine, South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
