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International Day of the African Child 2016

International Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union. It honours those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day in South Africa where thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976, in a march more than half a mile long, to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. The world is today observing the Day of the African Child (DAC) under the theme: "Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children's Rights."

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