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To honour the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the '''Day of the African Child''' has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the [[Organisation of African Unity]]. The Day also draws attention to the lives of African children today. |
To honour the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the '''Day of the African Child''' has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the [[Organisation of African Unity]]. The Day also draws attention to the lives of African children today. |
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* [http://www.hrea.org/feature-events/african-child-day.php hrea.org: African Child Day] |
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InSoweto, South Africa, thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976, in a march more than half a mile long, the Soweto Uprising, to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down; and in the two weeks of protest that followed, more than a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were injured.
To honour the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organisation of African Unity. The Day also draws attention to the lives of African children today.
