Today is UN International day of the African child
 In 1976 in Soweto, South Africa, 10,000 black school children peacefully took to the streets. They were marching to protest against the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language, and not in Afrikaans. Hundreds of these children were shot down and weeks of protest followed, killing hundreds and injuring thousands. On 26th June 1977 the government revoked the teaching in Afrikaans in all black schools.
The UN International day of the African child was first initiated in 1991 by the Organisation of African Unity to honour the memory of those children who stood up for their rights, and to draw attention to the lives of African children today. Every year this day focuses on one theme - this year's theme is 'Stop violence against children'. In Africa laws do not protect children the way they should but thanks to this day the governments are beginning to take action and the UN has appointed an independent expert to study violence against children.
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