West Africa
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6
Mar
Ghanaian
Ghana Independence Day
Sat, March 6, 2027
At midnight on March 6, 1957, Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana free, making it the first sub-Saharan African nation to throw off colonial rule and lighting a fuse across the continent. Every March 6, Ghanaians at home and abroad pull out their finest kente, raise the red-gold-green with its lone black star, and celebrate with drumming, highlife, and a plate that always sparks the jollof debate.
16
May
Senegalese
Eid al-Adha — Senegalese (Tabaski) Traditions
Sun, May 16, 2027
In Senegal it's Tabaski, the biggest day of the year, and it turns on the ram. Families save for months for the finest sheep, tailors work around the clock on flowing grands boubous, and after the dawn prayer and the sacrifice, children go door to door asking forgiveness and collecting tangale.
20
May
Cameroonian
Cameroon National Day
Thu, May 20, 2027
Known as La Fête de l'Unité, Cameroon's National Day marks the 1972 vote that unified the country into a single state. A nation shaped by German, French, and British histories and split between two official languages comes together on May 20 with parades, makossa and bikutsi rhythms, and a table of ndolé and grilled fish.
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