Happy Africa Day Celebration – May 25. African ChangeMakers celebrate all 54 countries in Africa, their past, present and future. Africa the new frontier, new era, new dawn and you’re the change AFRICA. Let’s join hands together to make AFRICA a better place for you, me and generations to come. HAPPY AFRICA DAY
Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) of the foundation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) (now known as the African Union) on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries on the African continent, as well as around the world. – Wikipedia
History of African Unity Day
On 25 May 1963, the leaders from 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The OAU was created to help bring about change, freedom and independence to many African countries. In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community, and in 2002 the OAU established its own successor, the African Union. Despite the name change to the African Union, the name and date of Africa Day has been retained and Africa Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of the peoples and governments of Africa. -by Officeholidays
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