<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Turning points in Africa’s history</strong>: Africa shares a very rich history. The continent is the home of great political leaders, sports figures, warriors, and, of course, great people. Through these influential people, the following events marked our continent’s history.</span></p> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong> More..</strong></span> <ul> <li><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://theinfong.com/2015/06/nigerian-celebrities-who-are-best-of-friends/" target="_blank">Top Nigerian celebrities who are best of friends – You’ll be shocked! 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Africa’s Giant</strong></span> <span style="color: #000000;">The man with 27 wives once said: <em>“With my music, I create change…I am using my music as a weapon.”</em></span> <span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2745" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/0739c1feaf985f70ade7790cdb50614c.jpg" alt="0739c1feaf985f70ade7790cdb50614c" width="600" height="458" data-essbisindex="1" /></span> <!--nextpage--> <strong>2. The Symbol of the Egyptian Revolution</strong> <span style="color: #000000;">On January 25th 2011, Tahrir Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak. More than 50 000 protesters occupied the square to demand the overthrow of Mubarak. This socioeconomic civil uprising is also called <em>The Arab Spring</em>.</span> <span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2727" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/tahrir.jpg" alt="tahrir" width="600" height="399" data-essbisindex="2" /></span> <!--nextpage--> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>3. Lucy</strong></span> <span style="color: #000000;">On November 24th 1974, a paleoanthropologist discovered the partial remains of one of the humankind’s earliest ancestors. Nicknamed <em>“Lucy”</em>, the skeleton discovered in Ethiopia was classified as a 3.2 million-year-old <em>“Australopithecus afarensis”</em>.</span> <a href="http://theinfong.com/2015/06/dr-sids-wife-simi-and-their-new-born-baby/"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2728" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/lucy.jpg" alt="lucy" width="349" height="865" data-essbisindex="3" /></span></a> <!--nextpage--> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>4. Africa’s Che Guevara</strong></span> <span style="color: #000000;">Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara, or <em>“Africa’s Che Guevara”</em> was an iconic figure in Burkina Faso’s independence. He served as a president from 1983 to 1987 before he was assassinated.</span> <span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2729" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/sankara.jpg" alt="sankara" width="600" height="337" /></span> <!--nextpage--> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>5. The Indomitable Lion</strong></span> <span style="color: #000000;">Roger Milla is the striker who helped Cameroon become the first African football team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals in 1990.</span> <a href="http://theinfong.com/2015/06/most-powerful-african-celebrities/"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2736" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/milla.jpg" alt="milla" width="600" height="450" /></span></a> <!--nextpage--> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>6. A Woman in Power</strong></span> <span style="color: #000000;">Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Africa’s first female president. She was also awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.</span> <a href="http://theinfong.com/2015/06/funniest-nigerian-whatsapp-statuses/"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2737" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/sirleaf.jpg" alt="sirleaf" width="600" height="798" /></span></a> <!--nextpage--> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>7. The <em>“Tirailleurs </em><em>Sénégalais“</em> </strong></span> <span style="color: #000000;">The Tirailleurs were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army recruited from the French colonial empire. They served France in a number of wars, including World War I and World War II. They played a major role in France’s liberation during WWII. However, after the Liberation, the Tirailleurs were removed from service and replaced with white soldiers on the order of Charles de Gaulle, a process known as <em>“blanchiment”</em> (whitening).</span> <span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2730" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/tirailleurs.jpg" alt="tirailleurs" width="600" height="750" /></span> <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>8. The Thiaroye Massacre</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">On the night of November 30th to December 1st 1944, the French army massacred French West African troops in the military camp of Thiaroye in Senegal. Also known as <em>“Tirailleurs Sénégalais”</em>, the brave men mutinied against poor conditions and a revocation of pay at the Thiaroye camp.<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2731" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/thiaroye.jpg" alt="thiaroye" width="600" height="297" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>9. <em>“Mandela Goes Free Today”</em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">On February 11th 1990, South African President Frederik de Klerk freed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela after a 27-year incarceration.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2732" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/mandela-free.jpg" alt="mandela free" width="600" height="386" data-essbisindex="1" /></span><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2869" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/B9mDkm0IEAElLaH.jpg" alt="B9mDkm0IEAElLaH" width="600" height="443" data-essbisindex="2" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>10. Rumble in the Jungle</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>The Rumble in the Jungle</em> was a boxing event in held in Kinshasa in 1974, Zaire (now DRC). On October 30th 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman. The fight was called <em>“arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century”</em>.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2733" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/rumble-in-the-jungle.jpg" alt="rumble in the jungle" width="600" height="772" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>11. The Last Ride</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo. He played an important role in fighting for independence from Belgium. After Colonel Joseph Mobutu’s coup d’etat, Lumumba was imprisoned by state authorities and executed by a firing squad.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2734" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/lumumba-.jpg" alt="lumumba" width="600" height="425" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>12. The Rwanda Genocide</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">The Rwandan Genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. During approximately 100 days, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, representing as much as 20% of the country’s total population and 70% of the Tutsi then living in Rwanda.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://theinfong.com/2015/06/list-of-46-bills-the-nigerian-senate-passed/"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2738" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/rwnda.jpg" alt="rwnda" width="600" height="399" /></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>13. King Selassie</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">In 1930, Haile Selassie, known as Ras Tafari, was crowned emperor of Ethiopia. Upon his ascension, he chose the name of Haile Selassie I.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://theinfong.com/2015/06/celebs-with-hot-daughters/"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2739" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/sel.jpg" alt="sel" width="600" height="1172" /></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>14. Africa Must Unite</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">The Organization of African Unity (OAU) was established on May 25th 1963. The organization assembled 37 African Nations to promote <em>“unity and development; defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of members; eradicate all forms of colonialism; promote international cooperation; and coordinate members’ economic, diplomatic, educational, health, welfare, scientific, and defense policies.”</em></span> <span style="color: #000000;"> The OAU was disbanded on July 9, 2002 by its last chairperson, South African President Thabo Mbeki, and replaced by the African Union.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://theinfong.com/2015/06/dr-sids-wife-simi-and-their-new-born-baby/"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2740" src="http://www.afrizap.com/file/sites/2/2015/03/oua.jpg" alt="oua" width="600" height="421" /></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--nextpage--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>15. 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