- 1914 — Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri during the Zaian War.
- 1940 — Congolese musician Tabu Ley Rochereau is born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1967 — South African artist Bonnie Ntshalintshali is born.
- 1995 — Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
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Ekiduuma / erigoyo
Maize
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Ekiduuma / erigoyo ne erenge eria amasoori.
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Maize is a type of corn.
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Rao luor liel liel luor rao
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Hippopotamus go round the grave the grave go round the hippopotamus.
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Atako
One named after the human buttocks.
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Kukhu awere Atako yenyene fiahulia shichira mbu yamuchama.
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Grandmother has given Atako food alone because he is a good boy.
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