Africa: Day of the African Child - Meet 10 Inspirational Young Africans Making Waves

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Today we celebrate the Day of the African Child with our selection of 10 young adults and children doing remarkable work across the continent.

The Day of the African Child (DAC) is commemorated every year on the 16th of June in memory of the 16th June 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa, during which students who marched in protest against the poor quality of education were massacred by the then apartheid regime in place in South Africa.

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