- 1977 — Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act in King William's Town, South Africa, and dies from injuries sustained in custody.
- 2020 — Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta resigns amid a military coup.
- 1963 — James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
- 1826 — Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu.
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Tupe tupate, tumtupie Tapu.
Swahili (Kenya)
Translation: Give (it) to us so we can have (it) in order to pass (it) on to Tapu.
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Ndila
Refers to a big goat.
e.g.
Ndila endete kuithya mbui mbingi.
en
Ndila likes herding many goats
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