BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.13//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:African diaspora holidays NAME:African diaspora holidays BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Uganda's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:56-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\nOctober 9\, 1962\, Uganda gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181009 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Botswana's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:57-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\nSeptember 30\, 1966\, Botswana gained its independence fro m the British Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180930 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:African American Music Appreciation Month DTSTAMP:20250615T050109Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:77-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Black Music Appreciation Month is an annual celebration of A frican-American music in the United States. It was initiated as Black Musi c Month by President Jimmy Carter\, who\, on June 7\, 1979\, decreed that June would be the month of Black music. After the announcement by Carter\, the bill finally passed in 2000 when activist Dyana Williams' 10 years of effort persuaded Congress. Williams played an essential role in the creat ion and solidification of Black Music Month\, along with Kenneth Gamble an d Ed Wright.Black Music Month became African American Music Appreciation M onth in 2009 by a proclamation from President Barack Obama. In his 2016 pr oclamation\, Obama noted that African-American music and musicians have he lped the country \"to dance\, to express our faith through song\, to march against injustice\, and to defend our country's enduring promise of freed om and opportunity for all.\" In 2023\, President Joe Biden returned it to its original name of Black Music Month. However\, we at the Afrii Diaspor a Dialogue consider that an act of disrespect to the first African America n president of the United States and to the African diaspora\; \"African A merican Music Appreciation Month\" is a more respectful name in respect to the celebration L's origins\, which is African American music. How ever t he \"Black Music Month\" is more involving of the African diaspora and a c hance and reminder to celebrate and appreciate African diaspora music as a whole\, which largely share similarities related to its origin in Africa. DTSTART:20250601T070000Z DTEND:20250601T070000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black History Month DTSTAMP:20250312T000215Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:76-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative mo nth originating in the United States\, where it is also known as African-A merican History Month. It began as a way of remembering important people a nd events in the history of the African diaspora\, initially lasting a wee k before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. It is celebrated in February in the United States and Canada\, where it has received official recognition from governments\, and more recently has also been celebrated in Ireland and the United Kingdom where it is observed in October.The pre cursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States\, w hen historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) announced the second week of February to be \"Ne gro History Week\". This week was chosen because it coincided with the bir thday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and that of Frederick Douglass on February 14\, both of which Black communities had celebrated since the lat e 19th century.Black educators and Black United Students at Kent State Uni versity first proposed Black History Month in February 1969. The first cel ebration of Black History Month took place at Kent State a year later\, fr om January 2 to February 28\, 1970.Six years later\, Black History Month w as being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions\, c enters of Black culture\, and community centers\, both great and small\, w hen President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month in 1976\, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. He urged Americans to \ "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history\". DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250201 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black History Month (U.K.) DTSTAMP:20250311T235551Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:75-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:In the United Kingdom\, Black History Month was first celebr ated in October 1987. The year of 1987\, recognized as the African Jubilee \, was coincidentally the year of the 150th anniversary of Caribbean emanc ipation\, the centenary of the birth of Marcus Garvey and the 25th anniver sary of the Organization of African Unity\, an institution dedicated to ad vancing the progress of African states. Black History Month in the UK was organized through the leadership of Ghanaian analyst Akyaaba Addai-Sebo\, who had served as a coordinator of special projects for the Greater London Council (GLC) and created a collaboration to get it underway. The first B lack History Month celebration in the UK was held in London on October 1\, 1987\, when Dr. Maulana Karenga from the US was invited to an event by th e Greater London Council about Black people’s contributions to history.S ome institutions have faced criticism for supporting Black History Month w ith images of people from British Asian backgrounds\, using the term “bl ack” to refer to political blackness encompassing all people of color. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251001 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:South Africa's Heritage Day DTSTAMP:20250311T235055Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:74-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Heritage Day is a South African public holiday celebrated on 24 September. On this day\, South Africans are encouraged to celebrate th eir culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions\, in the wid er context of a nation that belongs to all its people.In KwaZulu-Natal\, 2 4 September was known as Shaka Day for most people\, in commemoration of S haka\, the Zulu king of southern Africa\, on the presumed date of his deat h on this date 1828. Shaka played an important role in uniting the dispara te Nguni clans into a cohesive Zulu nation. Each year people gather at the Shaka Memorial to honor him on this day. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250924 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kwanzaa (Day 1) Umoja DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:39-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Umoja is a Kiswahili term that means Unity in English.On thi s day\, we’re asked to strive for and maintain unity in the family\, com munity\, nation\, and race. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191226 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kwanzaa (Day 2) Kujichagulia DTSTAMP:20220418T032835Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:38-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Kujichagulia is a Kiswahili terms that translates to Self-De termination in English.\n\nOn this day\, we’re asked to define ourselves \, name ourselves\, create for ourselves\, and speak for ourselves. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211227 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kwanzaa (Day 3) Ujima DTSTAMP:20220418T033235Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:37-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Ujima (Pronounced: oo-JEE-mah) is a Kiswahili term that tran slates toCollective Work and Responsibility in English.\n\nOn this day of Kwanzaa\, we’re asked to build and maintain our community together and m akeour brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211228 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kwanzaa (Day 5) Nia DTSTAMP:20220418T033717Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:35-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Nia (nee-AH) is a Kiswahili term that means Purpose in Engli sh.On this day of Kwanzaa\, we’re asked to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our peopl e to their traditional greatness. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211230 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kwanzaa (Day 4) Ujamaa DTSTAMP:20220418T033513Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:36-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Ujamaa (Pronounced: oo-JAH-mah) is a Kiswahili term that tra nslates to Cooperative Economics in English.On this day of Kwanzaa\, we're asked to build and maintain our own stores\, shops\, and other businesses and to profit from them together. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211229 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Emancipation Day\, South Africa DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:40-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Emancipation Day is celebrated on December 1 in South Africa \, most notably in the city of Cape Town.The Slavery Abolition Act of 183 3 came into full effect in the Cape Colony on the December 1\, 1838\, af ter a four-year period of forced apprenticeship. About 39\,000enslaved peo ple were freed and £1.2 million ($1.29 million) – of £3 million orig inally set aside by the British government – was paid out in compensatio n to 1\,300 former slave holding farmers in the colony. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191201 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kwanzaa (Day 6) Kuumba DTSTAMP:20220418T033907Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:34-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Kuumba (pronounced: koo-OOM-bah) is a Kiswahili term that tr anslates to Creativity in English. On this day of Kwanzaa\, we’re asked to continuously put forth effort to better our communities\, so that futur e generations can benefit from them.The Kwanzaa Karumu (feast) is traditio nally held on December 31st (participants celebrating New Year's Eve\, sho uld plan their Karamu early in the evening). It is a very special event as it is the one Kwanzaa event that brings us closer to our African roots. T he Karamu is a communal and cooperative effort. Ceremonies and cultural ex pressions are highly encouraged. —The Holiday Spot DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211231 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kwanzaa (Day 7) Imani DTSTAMP:20220418T034941Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:33-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Imani (ee-MAH-nee) is a Kiswahili term that translates to Fa ith in English.On this day of Kwanzaa\, we're asked to maintain faith in o ur people\, teachers\, leaders\, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Malcolm X Day DTSTAMP:20250311T232417Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:72-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Malcolm X Day is an American holiday in honor of Malcolm X ( also known as El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) that is celebrated on either May 1 9 (his birthday) or the third Friday of May. The commemoration of the civi l rights leader has been proposed as an official state holiday in the U.S. state of Illinois in 2015 and Missouri as recent as 2019. As of present\, only the cities of Berkeley and Oakland in California\, observe the holid ay with city offices and schools closed. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250419 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Jr. Day DTSTAMP:20250311T233053Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:73-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Lu ther King Jr.\, and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal h oliday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each y ear. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Righ ts Movement\, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state l aw and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislati ve reforms in the United States.Born in 1929\, Martin Luther King Jr.’s actual birthday is January 15 (which in 1929 fell on a Tuesday). The earli est Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21.The campaign for a federal holiday in King’s honor began soon after his ass assination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983\, and it was first observed three years later on January 20\, 1986. At first\, some states resisted observing the holiday as such\, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. Official observance in each state’s law as well as federal law occurred in 2000. DTSTART:20250120T080000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=MO END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Afro-Colombian Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:47-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Afro-Colombian Day\, (or Día de la Afrocolombianidad in Sp anish) is an annual commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Colomb ia on May 21\, 1851. May 21 is also the day of the first established fre e town in the Americas\, Palenque de San Basilio. Afro-Colombian Day was first celebrated in 2001.   DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190521 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Africa Day (African Liberation Day) DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:46-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Lib eration Day) is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organ ization of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various cou ntries on the African continent\, as well as around the world. The organi zation was transformed into the African Union on 9 July 2002 in Durban\, South Africa\, but the holiday continues to be celebrated on 25 May.   DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190525 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black AIDS Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:50-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)\, held annual ly on February 7th\, was launched 16 years ago as a national response to t he growing HIV and AIDS epidemic in African American communities.African A mericans\, more than any other racial or ethnic group\, continue to be dis proportionately affected by HIV. While comprising only 12 percent of the U .S. population\, African Americans accounted for almost half (44 percent) of new HIV diagnoses in 2014\, compared to 27 percent for whites and 23 pe rcent for Latinos. Additionally\, from 2011 – 2013\, only 38percent of A frican Americans were consistently retained in care. More troubling\, Afri can Americans maintain the highest death rate among all populations diagno sed with HIV.\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190207 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Juneteenth DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:45-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day and also known as Jubilee Day\, Emancipation Day\, Freedom Day\, and Black Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans.Celebrations date to 1866\ , at first involving church-centered community gatherings in Texas. They s pread across the South and became more commercialized in the 1920s and 193 0s\, often centering on a food festival. Participants in the Great Migrati on out of the South carried their celebrations to other parts of the count ry. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s\, these celebrations wer e eclipsed by the nonviolent determination to achieve civil rights but gre w in popularity again in the 1970s with a focus on African American freedo m and African American arts. Beginning with Texas by proclamation in 1938\ , and by legislation in 1979\, 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have formally recognized the holiday in various ways. With its adoption i n certain parts of Mexico\, the holiday became an international holiday. J uneteenth is celebrated by the Mascogos\, descendants of Black Seminoles w ho escaped from slavery in 1852 and settled in Coahuila\, Mexico. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190619 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Barbados' Season of Emancipation DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:49-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Emancipation Day in Barbados is part of the annual “Season of Emancipation”\, which began in 2005. The Season runs from April 14 t o August 23. Commemorations include:The anniversary of Bussa’s rebellion \, a major slave rebellion in 1816\, April 14National Heroes Day\, April 2 8.Crop Over festival\, which includes May\, June and the first week of Aug ustAfrica Day\, May 25Day of National Significance\, which commemorates th e Labour Rebellion of 1937\, July 26Emancipation Day\, August 1Birthday of Marcus Garvey\, August 17International Day for the Remembrance of the Sla ve Trade and its Abolition\, August 23\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190414 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Congo's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221214T015504Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:29-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n August 15\, 1960\, the Republic of the Congo gained ind ependence from the French empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220815 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DR Congo's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221214T015148Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:6-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n June 30\, 1960\, the Democratic Republic of the Congo g ained independence from Belgium.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230630 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guinea-Bissau's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221125T002553Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:25-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n September 24\, 1973\, Guinea-Bissau declared their inde pendence from Portugal. On September 19\, 1974\, Portugal officially recog nized Guinea-Bissau's independence.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220924 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mali's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221125T002302Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:26-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n September 22\, 1960\, Mali gained its independence from France.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220922 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Eswatini's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221125T002047Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:27-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n September 6\, 1968\, Eswatini (formerly known as Swazil and) gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220906 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gabon's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221125T001645Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:1-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n August 17\, 1960\, Gabon gained its independence from t heFrench Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230817 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ivory Coast's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221125T001412Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:2-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n August 7\, 1960\, Côte d'Ivoire (also known as Ivory Coast) gained its independence from the French Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230807 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Liberia's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221125T000717Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:30-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n July 26\, 1847\, Liberia gained its independence from t heAmerican Colonization Society.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220726 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:São Tomé and Príncipe's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221125T000426Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:31-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n July 12\, 1975\, São Tomé and Príncipe gained its i ndependence from Portugal.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220712 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Malawi's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T235841Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:3-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n July 6\, 1964\, Malawi gained its independence form the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230706 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Somalia's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T235450Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:4-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n June 26\, 1960\, the State of Somaliland gained its ind ependence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n July 1\, 1960\, the Sta te of Somaliland and the Trust Territory of Somaliland formed to become th e Federal Republic of Somalia.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n July 1\, 1960\, the Trust T erritory of Somaliland gained its independence from Italy.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230701 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rwanda's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T235031Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:5-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n July 1\, 1962\, Rwanda gained its independence from Bel gium.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230701 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seychelles' Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T234635Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:7-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n June 29\, 1976\, Seychelles gained its independence fro m the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230629 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Niger's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T234300Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:8-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n August 3\, 1960\, Niger gained its independence from Fr ance.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230627 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Madagascar's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T234003Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:32-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n June 26\, 1960\, Madagascar gained its independence fro m France.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220626 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mozambique's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T233658Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:9-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n June 25\, 1975\, Mozambique gained its independence fro m Portugal.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230625 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Eritrea's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T233008Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:10-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n May 24\, 1993\, Eritrea gained its independence from Et hiopia.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230524 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sierra Leone's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T232741Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:11-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n April 27\, 1961\, Sierra Leone gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230427 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Senegal's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T232511Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:12-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n April 4\, 1960\, Senegal gained its independence from F rance.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230404 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Namibia's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T232251Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:13-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n March 21\, 1990\, Namibia (formerly South West Africa) gained its independence from South Africa.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230321 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mauritius's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T231930Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:14-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n March 12\, 1968\, Mauritius gained its independence fro m the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230312 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ghana's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T231536Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:15-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n March 6\, 1957\, Ghana gained its independence from the British Empire\, making Ghana the first Sub-Saharan\, African country to gain independence from the European occupation in Africa.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230306 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gambia's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T231005Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:16-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n February 18\, 1965\, The Gambia gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230218 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sudan's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T230732Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:17-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n January 1\, 1956\, Sudan gained its independence from t heBritish Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Libya's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T230519Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:18-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n December 24\, 1951\, Libya gained its independence from Italy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221224 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kenya's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T230325Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:19-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n December 12\, 1963\, Kenya gained its impendence from t heBritish Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221212 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:South Africa's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T230004Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:20-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n December 11\, 1931\, South Africa gained (formerly the Union of South Africa) gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\ n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221211 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mauritania's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T225656Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:21-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n November 28\, 1960\, Mauritania gained its independence from France.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221128 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lesotho's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T225259Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:22-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n October 6\, 1966\, Lesotho gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221006 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guinea's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T224957Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:23-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n October 2\, 1958\, Guinea gained its independence from France.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221002 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nigeria's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20221124T224500Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:24-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n October 1\, 1960\, Nigeria gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221001 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cameroon Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:52-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:January 1\, 1960\, Cameroon gained its independence from the French Empire. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190101 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Angola's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:53-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n November 11\, 1975\, Angola gained independence from th e Portuguese Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181111 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Zambia's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:54-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n October 24\, 1964\, Zambia gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181024 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Equatorial Guinea's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:55-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n October 12\, 1968\, Equatorial Guinea gained its indep endence from Spain.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181012 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Congo\, Republic Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:58-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:August 15\, 1960\, the Congo\, Republic gained its independe ncefrom the French Empire. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180815 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Central African Republic Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:59-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:August 13\, 1960\, Central African Republic gained its indep endence from the French Empire. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180813 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chad Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:60-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:August 11\, 1960\, Chad gained its independence from the Fre nchEmpire. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180811 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benin's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:61-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n August 1\, 1960\, Benin gained its independence from th e French Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180801 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Comoros Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:62-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:July 6\, 1975\, Comoros gained its independence from the Fre nchEmpire. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180706 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cape Verde Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:63-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:July 5\, 1975\, Cape Verde gained its independence from the Portuguese Empire. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180705 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Burundi's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:64-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n July 1\, 1962\, Burundi gained its independence from Be lgium.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180701 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Congo\, Democratic Republic DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:65-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:June 30\, 1960\, the Congo\, Democratic Republic (formerly Z aire) gained its independence from Belgium. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180630 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Djibouti's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:66-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n\n\n\n June 27\, 1977\, Djibouti gained its independe nce from the French Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180627 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Togo's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:67-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n April 27\, 1960\, Togo gained its independence from the French Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180427 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tanzania is Founded DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:68-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n\n April 26\, 1964\, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge t o form Tanzania. \n\n \n\n \n\n December 9\, 1961\, Tanganyika gained it s independence from the British Empire.\n\n \n\n \n\n December 10\, 1963\ , Zanzibar gained its independence from the British Empire.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180426 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Zimbabwe's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:69-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n\n\n\n April 18\, 1980\, Zimbabwe gained its independ ence from the British Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180418 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tunisia's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:70-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n March 20\, 1956\, Tunisia gained its independence from the French Empire.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180320 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Haiti's Independence Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:71-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n January 1\, 1804\, Haitian-Afrikan slaves outran French soldiers and declared their independence\, making Haiti the first republi c in the Americas to be governed by a majority Afrikan population.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Awareness Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:41-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra in Port uguese) has been celebrated since the 1960s and has amplified its events i n the last few years. Originally\, it was celebrated on May 13 (the date o f abolition of slavery in Brazil). It was later moved to November 20 to h onor Zumbi's (the Afro-Brazilian quilombo leader) death and is sometime scalled Zumbi Day. It is an official state holiday in Alagoas\, Amazona s\, Amapá\, Mato Grosso and Rio de Janeiro\, and marked elsewhere by multiple city councils.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191120 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black History Month (U.K.) DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:42-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Black History Month (U.K.)\n\nUnited Kingdom DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191101 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:August Monday (Emancipation Day) DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:43-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:August Monday (Emancipation Day)\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190805 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Emancipation Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:44-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n Emancipation Day is observed in many former European c olonies in the Caribbean and areas of the United States on various dat esto commemorate the emancipation of slaves of African descent.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that abolished slavery throughout the British Empire came into force the following year \, on 1 August 1834.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Only slaves below the age of six were freed. Enslaved peopleolder than six years of age were redesignated as \\ \"apprentices\\\" and required to work\, 40 hours per week without pay\, a s part of compensation payment to their former owners. Full emancipation was finally achieved at midnight on 31 July 1838.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n On August 1\, 1985\, Trinidadand Tobago became the first ind ependent country to declare a national holiday to commemorate the abolitio n of slavery.\n\n\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190801 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY:INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Haitian Flag Day DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:48-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Haitian Flag Day\n\nHaiti DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190519 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black History Month (U.S.) DTSTAMP:20220417T024607Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:51-2-d93fb046723a19b1776c14ee47e2784f@edk-tech.net ORGANIZER;CN="EDK Tech":noreply@afrii.forum DESCRIPTION:Black History Month (U.S.)\n\nUnited States DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190301 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR