MAPS OF HISTORY · The Decolonization of Africa · ALL CHAPTERS · The election — 27 April 1994
Turning point · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
The election — 27 April 1994
27 Apr 1994 — Kilometre-long queues wind through every township and suburb as some 20 million people vote, most for the first time in their lives. Four days of counting; then the map completes in red.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — The Four Years That Decided It in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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