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Nov. 30 1965, Kip Keino became the first Kenyan to hold a world record in athletics, in Auckland, New Zealand: 13m24.2s in the 5000m.
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In 1986 Professor Wole Soyinka became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
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Professor Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant in the world, on Dec 3, 1967, at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town.
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Afrobeat is a style popularized by Fela Kuti in the 1970s, combining Yoruba music, jazz, Highlife, and funk rhythms.
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Milo-jazz is a Sierra Leonean style named for Milo chocolate powder, Empty cans were filled with stones to form a percussion instrument.
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The oldest university in West Africa is Fourah Bay College, founded in Sierra Leone in 1827.
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Swaziland is the last remaining monarchy in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Sahara is the world’s largest non-polar desert and spans 3.5 million square milesl
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RT @ *Uganda* Interesting article about doing business in Uganda.
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There are over 2000 languages spoken in Africa, and over 8000 dialects.
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60% of Tanzania's electricity is hydro-electric.
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Fela Kuti’s family sent him to London to study medicine. He ended up at Trinity College studying music instead.
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In 1948, future President of Senegal Lépold Senghor published the first anthology of French-language poetry composed by Africans.
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Over 20% of the Côte d’Ivoire’s population has immigrated from other West African countries.
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In 1991, Mathieu Kérékou of Benin became the first black African dictator to voluntarily step down after an election.
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The world's biggest frog, the Goliath frong, is found in Cameroon. Its body can grow to be up to 30cm long.
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Only street in world home to 2 Noble Peace Prize Winners in SA. Nelson Mandela & Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi St.
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Four of the five fastest land animals live in Africa: the cheetah, the wildebeast, the lion, and the gazelle.
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Africa produces 50% of the world’s diamonds.
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Africa’s earliest known sculptures are from the Noks, in Nigeria, and date from 500 BC.
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