Haitian liberator, Toussaint L'Ouverture, enters Santiago to battle the French,

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Haitian liberator, Toussaint L'Ouverture, enters Santiago to battle the French,

Haitian liberator, Toussaint L'Ouverture, enters Santiago to battle the French, 1801

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Mongo Beti , also called Eza Boto, pseudonyms of Alexandre Biyidi-Awala (born June 30, 1932, Mbalmayo, Cameroon—died October 8, 2001, Douala), Cameroonian novelist and political

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Oct

8

2001

Bellegarde, Dantès (1877-1966)

W.E.B. DuBois once lauded Dantès Bellegarde as the International Spokesman of Black Folk for his active career as a Haitian diplomat, historian, and advocate for the ending of United States occupation of

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Jun

14

1966

Ferdinand Léopold Oyono

Ferdinand Léopold Oyono , (born September 14, 1929, Ngoulemakong, Cameroon—died June 10, 2010, Yaoundé), African statesman, actor, and comic writer whose two best-known works—Une Vie de boy (1956; Houseboy) and Le Vieux Nègre et la médaille (1956; The Old Man and the Medal), written while he was

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Jun

10

2010

Malick Sidibé , (born c. 1935, Soloba, French Sudan [now Mali]—died April 14, 2016, Bamako, Mali), Malian photographer who created mainly black-and-white images that revealed the gradual Westernization of Mali as it made the transition from colony to independent

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Apr

14

2016

Tanzania, France sign loan agreement for water supply

Tanzania on Thursday signed a loan agreement with France to finance water supply projects that will benefit some 770,000 people in the country's Morogoro

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Haiti History: Biographies

Haiti History: Biographies | FactMonster

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Haitian emigration

Haitian emigration was a movement to describe the emigration of free blacks from the United States to settle in Haiti in the early 19th

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Djibouti lies in northeast Africa on the Gulf of Aden at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. It borders Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. The country, the size of Massachusetts, is mainly a stony desert, with scattered plateaus and

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Jun

27

1977

Felix Eboué: First Black Man Appointed Governor in the French Colonies

Felix Eboué: First Black Man Appointed Governor in the French Colonies

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Classical Conductor Dean Dixon born.

Classical Conductor Dean Dixon is born in 1915 in Harlem, NY. Fluent in Swedish, French and German, Dixon became one of Europes best known conductors after leaving the US in 1949. He conducted the Goteborg (Sweden) Symphony for 10 years before being named conductor for the Hessian Radio Symphony in

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Jan

10

1915

First Black Correspondent of the French Academy of

Jean-Baptiste Lislet-Geoffrey was the first Black correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences.

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Aug

23

1786

The French abolish Slavery in all there territories, 1848

The French abolish Slavery in all there territories, 1848

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Sep

16

1848

William Cooper Nell

was born on this date - he is considered by Carter Goodwin Woodson to be the first African American historian - Nell, Garrisons right-hand on The Liberator, published several treatises, the most outstanding of which was Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... he also is acknowledged to be

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May

25

1874

Kissing starts again in French films

PARIS, France (AFP) — Actors have started kissing again on French film shoots, the country's culture minister has

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Rwanda: After Kabuga's Arrest in Paris, How Many Rwanda Genocide Suspects Remain?

The arrest of Félicien Kabuga, one of the alleged financiers of the Rwandan genocide, has been welcomed by victims and survivors organisations that have pushed for justice for the 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus who were killed in

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african independence struggles

May 8 marks the massacre at Setif, Algeria which took place in 1945. The French troops left one of the unforgettable memories of the Algerian peoples struggle, 45,000 dead

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May

8

1999

Christophe, Henri

Christophe, Henri äNrē´ krēstôf´ [key], 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader. A freed black slave, he aided Toussaint LOuverture in the liberation of Haiti and was army chief under Dessalines . When the latter declared himself emperor, Christophe took part (1806) in a successful plot against

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Rwanda: Court to Rule on Genocidaire Kabuga's Extradition on June 3

A French court will rule on genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga's extradition on June 3 after his bail request was denied on May

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Haiti History: Biographies

Haiti History: Biographies | FactMonster

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Toussaint L'Ouverture, François Dominique

Toussaint LOuverture, François Dominique fräNswä´ dômēnēk´ to͞osăN´ lo͞ovĕrtür´ [key], c.1744–1803, Haitian patriot and martyr. A self-educated slave freed shortly before the uprising in 1791, he joined the black rebellion to liberate the slaves and became its organizational genius. Rapidly rising

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Series of events in African American history

Between the years of 1500-1884, there was a series of events that happened in African American history. Between the 1500-1600s, there were slave revolts in the West Indies; from 1655-17-38, there was the war between the British and Maroons; in 1750, there was a British free trade in human flesh; in

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Jan

0

0

Morocco | FactMonster

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U.S. Embassy in South Korea Unfurls Giant Black Lives Matter Banner | HuffPost

The U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, unfurled a banner reading “Black Lives Matter” across its building and posted on social media Saturday that it stood “in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive

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‘The Eddy’ explores jazz via multiracial Paris on Netflix

“The Eddy,” a new Netflix music drama series that premieres Friday, seeks to pay homage to those encounters while also granting nods to the French New Wave ﬁlm movement of the late 1950s, the refugee, the abused, and, of

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Testing where the people are –

Harper and Santiago know each other, but Santiago doesn’t represent Daytona Beach’s Black community in the Florida

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French Olympic Committee denounces racist graffiti outside Sport Institute

PARIS, (Reuters) – The French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) has denounced racist graffiti that was found on Black athletes’ posters in front of the National Institute of Sport (INSEP) at the

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Two UN peacekeepers killed in an attack in northwestern Mali

Two UN peacekeepers have been killed in an attack in northwestern Mali plagued by jihadist

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Cavani, Meunier reject short-term contract extensions, says report

PARIS, (Reuters) – Edinson Cavani and Thomas Meunier have declined to sign short-term contract extensions that would allow them to play cup finals and the Champions League final tournament with Paris St Germain, French radio RMC reported

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Served General Washington

Barzillai Lew of Cambridge, who had been a member of the Massachusetts fighting unit during the French and Indian War of 1760, was one of the full seven-year veterans of the American Revolution. He directly served General George Washington and later headed an all-Black unit in Rhode Island during

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Protesters Try To Seize African Artwork From Paris Museum

PARIS (AP) — Activists dislodged a 19th century African funeral pole from its perch in a Paris museum Friday and tried to walk away with it, saying they wanted to return it to Africa in a protest against colonial-era

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