Showing posts with label Gabon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gabon. Show all posts

August 17 - Independence Day in Gabon

   Posted on August 17, 2022     


This is an update of my post published on August 17, 2011:





Gabon, which used to be a French colony, has been an 
independent nation since this day in 1960. It is one of the most prosperous countries in African south of the Saharan Desert, because it has quite a few natural resources and a relatively small population.

Two things you might want to think about in connection with Gabon are:
  • its tropical rainforests.


  • its elephants, who carve elephant trails through the tropical rainforests...and sometimes play at the beach!




Check out this very short but truly lovely video of Gabon.



Find out more about Gabon here.



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March 12 – Renovation Day in Gabon

Posted on March 12, 2015


It seems strange to me that Renovation Day is celebrated in the African nation of Gabon.

After all, it is the anniversary of the beginning of the Gabonese Democratic Party in 1968 – and for more than 20 years, the country was ruled by a single-party regime. That doesn't seem very democratic, does it?

Finally, in 1990, President Bongo bowed to pressure to allow political parties in Gabon, but the Gabonese Democratic Party still dominates politics and rules the land. And makes sure that its founding is celebrated every year, with speeches, parades, and cultural activities.

Here are some wonderful things Gabon can celebrate:

Amazing National Parks with incredible waterfalls.




Loango National Park has one of the best beaches in Africa, according to some, because you can see hippos, elephants, buffaloes, gorillas, leopards, turtles, dolphins, humpback whales, and killer whales, all in the ocean or
"beaching it” near the ocean.











To learn more about Gabon, check out this earlier post. 








Also on this date:





















Birthday of Charles Boycott (the bad guy in the story of how the word boycott was coined) 



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August 16, 2011 - Independence Day – Gabon


Gabon, which used to be a French colony, has been an inde- pendent nation since this day in 1960. It is one of the most prosperous countries in African south of the Saharan Desert, because it has quite a few natural resources and a relatively small population.

Two things you might want to think about in connection with Gabon are:
  • its tropical rainforests.




    • Its elephants, who carve elephant trails through the tropical rainforests.

    Check out this very short but truly lovely video of Gabon. 

    Don't watch this next video, which is about the problem of poachers, if you are squeamish!

    Find out more about Gabon here.
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