All across the world today, the Day of the African Child was celebrated. And I was privileged enough to attend an event.
The children were dressed beautifully in their different traditional attires that had more ranges of color than the rainbow! With smiles on their faces, each was happy to be there, they had come to be informed, entertained and most certainly, to be told about their potentials in life.
At the event they were enlightened about the Day of the African Child, how it came about; who originated it, the story behind it, the goals etc.
The children were also taught by facilitators from different walks of life on how to prepare for their future, most importantly how to decide on a career path and how to influence their society for the better as children. Also, performances were presented by the children, from dance acts to poem recitation.
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The Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity. It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day. It also raises awareness of the continuing need for improvement of the education provided to African children.
In Soweto, South Africa, on June 16, 1976, about ten thousand black school children marched in a column more than half a mile long, protesting the poor quality of their education and demanding their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young students were shot, the most famous of which being Hector Peterson (see image). More than a hundred people were killed in the protests of the following two weeks, and more than a thousand were injured.
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