Africa Timeline Index: West to East And North to South

ATI One-Stop Timeline Index

The goal here is to compile a chronology of developments across continental Africa.

...but for starters:

Back-to-back post based on the 2003 compilations of Dr. Susan J. Herlin and Professor Emerita of the Department of History, at the University of Louisville—USA, but with UPDATE inserts [as designated by Italicized pieces, including statements proceeded by "*"]