Porto-Novo

City · c. 1961 CE · in North Africa

Capital of Republic of Benin (1961–today).

Niamey (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of the Niger (1961–today).
Nouakchott (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Mauritania (1961–today).
Cotonou (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of Benin (1961–today).
Brasília (1960 CE): Planned capital of Brazil built in the interior, with a plan by Lúcio Costa and modernist buildings by Oscar Niemeyer; inaugurated in 1960.
Dakar (c. 1960 CE): Capital of Mali Federation (1960–1960), Republic of Senegal (1961–today).
Lomé (c. 1960 CE): Capital of Togo (1960–today).
Rawalpindi (c. 1959 CE): Capital of Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1959–1967).
Putrajaya (c. 1963 CE): Capital of Malaysia (1963–today).
Zanzibar City (c. 1963 CE): Capital of Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963–1964).
Kampala (c. 1963 CE): Capital of Republic of Uganda (1963–today).

Around the same time and place

Independence of Ghana (1957 CE): On 6 March 1957 the Gold Coast became independent as Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah, the first sub-Saharan colony to gain independence from European rule.
Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970 CE): War between Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra; a blockade caused a famine, and an estimated 500,000 to two million civilians died.
Kwame Nkrumah (1909 CE – 1972 CE): Leader of Ghana's independence movement, its first prime minister and president, and a leading advocate of Pan-Africanism.
Accra (c. 1958 CE): Capital of Ghana (1958–today).
Things Fall Apart (1958 CE): Novel by Chinua Achebe about the effects of colonialism on Igbo society, one of the most widely read works of African literature.
Year of Africa (1960 CE): Seventeen African countries, including Nigeria and the Congo, gained independence in 1960, marking a peak of decolonisation.
Yamoussoukro (c. 1983 CE): Capital of Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (1983–today).
Boko Haram insurgency (2009 CE): Jihadist insurgency centred on northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad basin that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions.