There are a number of commemorations which if not marked on the calendar can go unnoticed and uncelebrated as people deem them to be of little importance and yet they are very cardinal in any society.

One such event is the Day of an African Child, which is commemorated every year on 16 June.

Questions one needs to ask are; how important is this day to the rest of the African continent and the world at large? What is the significance behind the commemoration? And how did this day come about?

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