Timeline of Anarchism in Western Africa

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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.

1900s

1947: Rail workers strike across Senegal, Benin, Cote D’Ivoire and Guinea.
1955: Strikes and riots break out across Sierra Leone in response to low wages and colonialism.
1961: Wildcat strikes occur all over Ghana, ^[1]
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: 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 peace campaign that ends the brutal Liberian Civil War.
2010: The Cape Verde Telecom Workers' Strike fails to win workers' any economics gain.
2011: The West African sustainable fishing protests.
2011: Gambian Lawyer Protests occur over the arrest of a lawyer by the state.
2013: Miners and drivers in Sierra Leone go on strike against wage theft and racism. Police murder two of them.^[2]

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