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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Western Africa that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]].
This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Western Africa that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]].
 
* 1968: [[Agbekoya Parapo Uprising]] (Nigeria)
== 1900s ==
* 1947: Rail workers strike across Senegal, Benin, Cote D’Ivoire and Guinea.
* 1955: [[Sierra Leone Unrest (1955)|Strikes and riots]] break out across Sierra Leone in response to low wages and colonialism.
* 1961: Wildcat strikes [[Ghana Wildcat Strikes (1961)|occur all over Ghana]], <ref>https://libcom.org/library/strikes-ghana-1961</ref>
* 1968: The six-year long [[Mauritanian Miners' strike wave]] begins in response to low wages and racist treatment of black workers by a white management.
* 1968: The [[Agbekoya Parapo Uprising]] begins and succeeds.
 
== 2000s ==
* 2000: [[2000 Gambian Student Protests|Gambian Student Protests]] over the rape of a 13-year old girl and killing of a 19-year old student who spoke out against the government.
* 2003: Liberian women lead a [[World Peace Movement|peace campaign]] that ends the brutal [[Liberian Civil War]].
* 2010: The [[2010 Cape Verde Telecom Workers' Strike|Cape Verde Telecom Workers' Strike]] fails to win workers' any economics gain.
* 2011: The West African [[2011 West African Fishing Protests|sustainable fishing protests]].
* 2011: [[2011 Gambian Lawyer Protests|Gambian Lawyer Protests]] occur over the arrest of a lawyer by the state.
* 2013: Miners and drivers in Sierra Leone [[Sierra Leone Miners' Strike (2013)|go on strike]] against wage theft and racism. Police murder two of them.<ref>https://libcom.org/blog/police-kill-striking-diamond-miners-sierra-leone-02012013</ref>


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 15:58, 5 April 2020

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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Western Africa that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

See Also

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