The Lancet Global Health
Jul 2015 Volume 3 Number 7 e341-e422
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/issue/current

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Editorial
African children in the spotlight
Zoë Mullan
Open Access
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00058-3
Summary
June 16 is the Day of the African Child—an African Union initiative to commemorate the hundreds who died during the 1976 protests by black schoolchildren against racially biased educational practices in Soweto, South Africa. Today the anniversary is an opportunity to highlight the rights of all African children to a quality education, and to a healthy childhood

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