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Africa Day – 25 May

2021 Theme:  African Union


It is celebrated in various countries on the African continent as well as around the world. This year's theme of Africa Day is Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.


History of Africa Day

On May 25th 1963, the leaders from 30 of the then 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.  Since the establishment of the OAU, a further 21 states have joined. South Africa became the latest and 53rd member on May 23rd 1994.  Following the first Conference of Independent African States on April 15th 1958, African Liberation Day or African Freedom Day was celebrated in Ethiopia, South Africa and Ghana. This holiday was replaced by African Unity Day in 

Ghana in 1963.  Despite the name change to the African Union, both the name and date of Africa Day have been retained and Africa Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of the peoples and governments of Africa.


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Facts about Africa

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Countries in Africa
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African Languages

Languages of Africa. There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken in Africa. The American linguist Joseph Greenberg argued that they fall into six major linguistic families: Afroasiatic stretches from North Africa to the Horn of Africa and Southwest Asia.

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African Universities

According to the uniRank database in 2020 there are currently 1,225 officially recognized higher-education institutions in Africa.

Total Population of Africa:

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  • The current population of Africa is 1,369,080,529 as of Monday, May 24, 2021, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
  • Africa population is equivalent to 16.72% of the total world population.
  • Africa ranks number 2 among regions of the world (roughly equivalent to "continents"), ordered by population.
  • The population density in Africa is 45 per Km2 (117 people per mi2).
  • The total land area is 29,648,481 Km2 (11,447,338 sq. miles)
  • 43.8 % of the population is urban (587,737,793 people in 2019)
  • The median age in Africa is 19.7years.

Life expectancy Africa