African History and historiography from the earliest time to the present, as well as summarised blog posts with the tag, “African History Timeline”

Africa is the continent with the first civilisation in the world. There are many works of African scholars to confirm this statement. Africa is the mother and cradle of all the continents.

While there are a lot of history websites that publish numerous works on African history and trends in Africa that are worthy of historical study, there are tens of thousands of many other things that are yet to be discovered or yet to be put to the world to appreciate.

Firstly, you will be reading simple but understandable articles about African history in this category and also a series of notable events in African history in summarised blog posts.

The very aim of this category is to be a very strong internet library for lovers of African history.

2004: Genocide in Sudan

Sudan: A two decade civil war came close to an end when the Southern rebels and the government entered into a ceasefire followed by a series of agreement between both…

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2002:Civil War in the Ivory Coast

  After a failed coup on September 12, 2002, the Ivory Coast disintegrated into a Civil War. The Ivory Coast had been one of Africa's success story. A French force…

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1999: Nelson Mandela Retires

On June 16, 1999, Nelson Mandela stepped down from the Presidency of South Africa. He was replaced by Thabo Mbeki, the new leader of the African National Congress. The ANC…

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1998: US Embassies Bombed Simultaneously

On August 7, 1998, bombs exploded simultaneously at US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar el Islam, Tanzania. The bombings killed a total of 224 people. The bombings were said…

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1996: Declared Nigerian Presient Charged with Treason

Nigerian: Moshood Abiola, a multi-millionaire businessman, was widely believed to have won the presidential election in Nigeria in June of 1993. General Ibrahim Babangida, who had ruled Nigeria for eight…

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