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| The Day of the African Child procession to Thawabu in Kayole. |
Thawabu Primary School in Kayole was the venue of this year’s Day of African Child celebrations in Nairobi. Thousands thronged the school for the event that also drew various top officials in the government and NGOs.
Speakers at the event reiterated the importance of improving child protection and expanding education opportunities for children.
The day was also marked by entertainment by school children who participated in the event.
The Day of the African Children has been celebrated since 1991 and it is marked in memory of the children massacred in Soweto, South Africa in 1976 during the Soweto Uprising. The official count of protesters killed during Soweto Uprising is given as 176 but other estimates put the number at 700.
In South Africa, the Day of the African Child is a national holiday called Youth Day and it is marked every year on June 16, the exact date of the 1976 massacre.
Here are some of the photos from the Day of the African Child celebrations at Thawabu Primary School Kayole.
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