Timeline Monday 28 November 1960

Events on Monday 28 November 1960 2

• 1908 – 1960 Richard Wright (1908-1960) Died 28 November 1960, aged 52 American author of Native Son and Black Boy, whose work exposed the brutal realities of racism in the United States. He died in Paris, where he had lived as an expatriate since 1946.
• 1960 Year of Africa Seventeen African nations gain independence Seventeen African territories, including Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Madagascar, Somalia and Cameroon, gain independence from Britain, France and Belgium over the course of the year. The wave of decolonization permanently reshapes the continent's political map.