THIS WEEK IN AFRICA

This Week in Africa with JAMES HALL

Writer, Historian and Founder of WWW.AFRICATODAYYESTERDAY.ORG

 

• 1912 SS Titanic sinks after striking an iceberg
• 1178 BC Total Solar Eclipse in North Africa
• 1842 Swedish missionaries arrive from Jamaica in Ghana
• 1980 Zimbabwe Independence
• 1985 Africa’s 1st Film Arcade
• Year 300 caravans move from Sahara Dessert to West Africa
• 1947 Africa's 1st Radio Broadcast from Cape Town