{"id":2724,"date":"2015-05-26T02:45:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T02:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:12:41","slug":"tuning-points-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/tuning-points-africa","title":{"rendered":"15 Turning Points In Africa&#8217;s History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Through these influential people, the following events marked our continent&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">1. Africa&#8217;s Giant<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/0739c1feaf985f70ade7790cdb50614c.jpg\" alt=\"0739c1feaf985f70ade7790cdb50614c\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/0739c1feaf985f70ade7790cdb50614c.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/0739c1feaf985f70ade7790cdb50614c-393x300.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/296815431661309302\/\">source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The man with 27 wives once said: <em>&#8220;With my music, I create change&#8230;I am using my music as a weapon.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">2. The Symbol of the Egyptian Revolution<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/tahrir.jpg\" alt=\"tahrir\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/tahrir.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/tahrir-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3c\/Tahrir_Square_April_8_2011.png\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On January 25th 2011, Tahrir Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak.\u00a0More than 50 000 protesters occupied the square to demand the overthrow of\u00a0Mubarak. This socioeconomic civil uprising is also called <em>The Arab Spring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">3. Lucy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/lucy.jpg\" alt=\"lucy\" width=\"349\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/lucy.jpg 349w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/lucy-121x300.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/180988478744942151\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On November 24th 1974, a paleoanthropologist\u00a0discovered\u00a0the partial remains of one of the humankind\u2019s earliest ancestors. Nicknamed <em>\u201cLucy\u201d<\/em>, the skeleton discovered in Ethiopia was classified as a 3.2 million-year-old <em>\u201cAustralopithecus afarensis\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">4. Africa&#8217;s Che Guevara<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sankara.jpg\" alt=\"sankara\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sankara.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sankara-534x300.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/451626668857414789\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Isidore No\u00ebl Sankara, or <em>&#8220;Africa&#8217;s Che Guevara&#8221;<\/em> was an iconic figure in Burkina Faso&#8217;s independence. He served as a president from 1983 to 1987 before he was assassinated.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">5. The Indomitable Lion<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/milla.jpg\" alt=\"milla\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/milla.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/milla-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/169870217165748982\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Roger Milla is the striker who helped Cameroon become the first African football team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">6. A Woman in Power<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sirleaf.jpg\" alt=\"sirleaf\" width=\"600\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sirleaf.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sirleaf-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/140104238377728404\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Africa&#8217;s first female president. She was also awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">7. The <em>&#8220;Tirailleurs\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;line-height: 39px\">S\u00e9n\u00e9galais<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">&#8220;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/tirailleurs.jpg\" alt=\"tirailleurs\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/tirailleurs.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/tirailleurs-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5b\/Trailleurs_senegalais_LOC.jpg\/220px-Trailleurs_senegalais_LOC.jpg\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0and World War II. They played a major role in France&#8217;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>&#8220;blanchiment&#8221;<\/em> (whitening).<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">8. The Thiaroye Massacre <\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/thiaroye.jpg\" alt=\"thiaroye\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/9781324167493825\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<em>&#8220;Tirailleurs S\u00e9n\u00e9galais&#8221;<\/em>, the brave men\u00a0mutinied against poor conditions and a revocation of pay at the Thiaroye camp.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">9. <em>&#8220;Mandela Goes Free Today&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/mandela-free.jpg\" alt=\"mandela free\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/262123640787866831\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On February 11th 1990, South African President Frederik de Klerk freed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela after a 27-year\u00a0incarceration.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/B9mDkm0IEAElLaH.jpg\" alt=\"B9mDkm0IEAElLaH\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/B9mDkm0IEAElLaH.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/B9mDkm0IEAElLaH-406x300.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/122160208616771761\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">10. Rumble in the Jungle<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/rumble-in-the-jungle.jpg\" alt=\"rumble in the jungle\" width=\"600\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/rumble-in-the-jungle.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/rumble-in-the-jungle-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/438538082438553334\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Rumble in the Jungle<\/em> was a\u00a0boxing 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>&#8220;arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">11. The Last Ride<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/lumumba-.jpg\" alt=\"lumumba\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/lumumba-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/lumumba--424x300.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/B8DjkGkIEAA-6pB.jpg:large\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo. He\u00a0played an important role in fighting\u00a0for independence from Belgium. After Colonel Joseph Mobutu&#8217;s coup d&#8217;etat,\u00a0Lumumba was imprisoned by state authorities and executed by a firing squad.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">12. The Rwanda Genocide<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/rwnda.jpg\" alt=\"rwnda\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/rwnda.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/rwnda-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/473722454529398512\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Rwandan Genocide was a\u00a0mass slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. During approximately\u00a0100 days, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed,\u00a0representing as much as 20% of the country&#8217;s total population and 70% of the Tutsi then living in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">13. King Selassie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sel.jpg\" alt=\"sel\" width=\"600\" height=\"1172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sel.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/sel-154x300.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/55169164157483842\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 1930, Haile Selassie, known as Ras Tafari, was crowned\u00a0emperor\u00a0of Ethiopia. Upon his ascension, he chose the\u00a0name of Haile Selassie I.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">14. Africa Must Unite<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/oua.jpg\" alt=\"oua\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/oua.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/oua-427x300.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/254875660134193599\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Organization of African Unity (OAU)\u00a0was established on May 25th 1963. The organization assembled 37 African Nations to promote <em>&#8220;unity and development; defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of members; eradicate all forms of colonialism; promote international cooperation; and coordinate members&#8217; economic, diplomatic, educational, health, welfare, scientific, and defense policies.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nThe OAU was disbanded on July 9, 2002 by its last chairperson, South African President Thabo Mbeki, and replaced by the African Union.<\/p>\n<p>[\/gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p>[gallerypage]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">15. The Black Star<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/ghana.jpg\" alt=\"ghana\" width=\"600\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/ghana.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/ghana-370x300.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/331647960033019216\/\"><br \/>\nsource<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On March 6th 1957, Ghana\u00a0became the first African nation to declare independence from the European colonisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/africa-has-29-billionaires-guess-whos-back-on-the-list\/\">SEE ALSO: Africa Has 29 Billionaires. 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