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Incumbent governor wins gubernatorial election in Edo State.⠀
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On Sunday, 20 September, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission declared incumbent governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, the winner of the state’s gubernatorial election.⠀
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Although 14 political parties presented candidates for the election, it was dominated by the PDP’s Obaseki, who won with 307,955 votes, and the APC’s candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who had 223,619 votes.⠀
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According to The Cable, John Mayaki, an APC executive, has alleged electoral fraud and rejected the results of the election, threatening further action.⠀
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However, Obaseki, who won 13 out of the 18 local government areas in Edo State, is geared up to continue his tenure as governor.⠀
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📷: Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, voting at Unit 001, Ward 10, Iyamho, Etsako West LGA, Edo State on Saturday, September 19 2020. Jimah Suleiman/BJO/NAN

Today in 2013, Kofi Awoonor died at 78.⠀ -⠀ On

Today in 2013, Kofi Awoonor died at 78.⠀
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On 21 September 2013, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat, Kofi Awoonor was killed in a terrorist attack on Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where he had been attending a literature festival. He was 78 years old.⠀
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Born in 1935 in Wheta, Gold Coast, Awoonor’s works were inspired by the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people. His first poetry book, Rediscovery, was published in 1964, four years after he graduated from the University of Ghana. He would later go on to get his M.A. and PhD in the UK and US respectively. While in the US, Awoonor published his first novel, This Earth, My Brother, and, in a career that spanned 49 years, would go on to publish seven more books, including three additional books of poetry.⠀
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In 1975, after about five years in the US, Awoonor returned to Ghana to head the English department at the University of Cape Coast. A few months later, he was arrested for being complicit in a plan to overthrow the military government, and was imprisoned without trial. After he was released in October 1976, he became more politically active.⠀
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📷: Kofi Awoonor, in his last public appearance, a poetry master class, in Nairobi, on Sept. 20, 2013. Storymoja Hay Festival/Msingi Sasis.

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’In Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, W.E.B. Du Bois cites the value of black women as pillars in America’s black communities, the effects of their sacrifices, and the culmination of their dreams by saying: ‘To no modern race does its women mean so much as to the Negro nor come so near to the fulfilment of its meaning. Today the dreams of the mothers are coming true. We have still our poverty and degradation, our lewdness and our cruel toil; but we have, too, a vast group of Negro blood who for the strength of character, cleanliness of soul, and unselfish devotion of purpose, are today the peer of any group.’
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Today in 1979, the Central African Republic’s Je

Today in 1979, the Central African Republic’s Jean-Bedel Bokassa was overthrown in a coup.⠀
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On 20 September 1979, after Bokassa’s men massacred around 100 children, French paratroopers helped to oust him, and David Dacko returned as the CAR’s president for a second time.⠀
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After the CAR’s independence in 1960, 30-year-old Dacko became its first president. But, in 1966, Bokassa toppled him through a bloody coup.⠀
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In his first years in power, Bokassa abolished the constitution, dissolved the National Assembly, and formed a self-serving new government called the Revolutionary Council. His eccentric behavior and extravagant spending earned him and the CAR ridicule on the international stage.⠀
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In addition to being autocratic, Bokassa was brutal. He executed the leader of a coup plotted against him in 1969, made himself a military general in 1971 and declared himself ‘president for life’ in 1972. Under him, there were several international sanctions against the CAR.⠀
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Bokassa later proclaimed himself the emperor of the CAR—which he renamed the ‘Central African Empire’—and, in 1977, threw a coronation ceremony that cost more than the CAR’s annual budget.⠀
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After Bokassa killed hundreds of Central Africans including children in 1979, France, which had been his strong ally until then, supported David Dacko to overthrow him.⠀
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📝: Adams x Ugonna, Editorial Interns⠀
📷: Jean-Bédel Bokassa is crowned as ‘Emperor of Central Africa’ atop a golden throne in 1976. Richard Melloul/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images

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