- 1760 — The Ndyuka people of Suriname secure a treaty with Dutch colonial authorities granting them territorial autonomy.
- 1957 — U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
- 1868 — The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
- 1941 — Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist, is born.
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Chuori chuora chuora chuori
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: You husband is my my husband and my husband is your husband.
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Ekikene
Monkey. Synonym: Ekikembo / ekikondo
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Ekikene kirathundya okureka ku-muthi. / Ekikembo kirathundya okureka ku-muthi. / Ekikondo kirathundya okureka ku-mothe.
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The monkey is swinging from the tree.
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