27 September – 3 OctoberPresident Nasser (Khalid Gamal an-Nasir) of Egypt dies of a heart attack, Botswana (previously known as Bechuanaland) achieves independence from Britain, and Guinea gains independence from ... Read More

These Guide-recommended books provide reference information, a chronology of discoveries, an understanding of where the modern fascination for Egyptology comes from, and the possibility to learn a new language. A ... Read More

20 – 26 SeptemberMali splits away from Senegal to become an independent republic, archaeologists discover a new fossil hominid in Ethiopia, and De Klerk and Mandela reach an agreement for ... Read More

BBC News online reports that the return of the 1,700 year old Ethiopian obelisk is being 'hampered' by the lack of international relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The obelisk ... Read More

13 – 19 SeptemberBritain begins its occupation of Egypt having crushed the revolt against Khedive Tawfiq, Venda is the third (of four) homelands to be granted 'independence' by South Africa's ... Read More

VGOODE1 has asked the following question on the African History forum: "I would like to travel around all of Africa in the near future. Can anyone tell me of great places ... Read More

Famous as Gandhi is, the 21 years he spent in South Africa and the work he did for the country's Indian community have been overshadowed by Apartheid and the work ... Read More

Africa's oldest independent country which, except for a four-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy at the end of the 1930s, has never been colonised. Famous for the notable defeat of the ... Read More

An art exhibition at the Michaelis Collection in Cape Town where the backs of paintings are being shown, rather than the front, is causing controversy, reports BBC News. The paintings ... Read More

6 – 12 September South African Prime Ministers Hendrik Verwoerd, Balthazar Johannes Vorster, and Jan Christian Smuts die, as does Black Consciousness leader Stephn Bantu (Steve) Biko (in prison); Desmond ... Read More

Danie Theron, a true Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference, died during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an inferno ... Read More

A new category has been created for Equatorial Guinea, under History by Region: Central Africa, with various country profiles and potted histories, and two additional sub-categories for people and maps. ... Read More