Africa-Cote d’Ivoire
Republic of Biafra (1967-1970)
The Republic of Biafra was a short-lived Nigerian secessionist state which came into existence on May 30, 1967 when the...
Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, was a three-year bloody conflict with a death toll numbering...
Didier Drogba (1978- )
Didier Yves Drogba Tebily, international soccer star, was born March 11, 1978 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). His early...
Maryse Condé (1937- )
Antillean author Maryse Condé was born on February 11, 1937, in Pointe-á-Pitre, Guadeloupe, where her parents were members of the...
