Yamoussoukro

City · c. 1983 CE · in North Africa

Capital of Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (1983–today).

North Nicosia (c. 1983 CE): Capital of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1983–today).
Roseau (c. 1979 CE): Capital of Commonwealth of Dominica (1979–today).
Honiara (c. 1979 CE): Capital of Solomon Islands (1979–today).
Port of Spain (c. 1976 CE): Capital of Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1976–today).
Victoria (c. 1976 CE): Capital of Seychelles (1976–today).
Ljubljana (c. 1992 CE): Capital of Republic of Slovenia (1992–today).
Baku (c. 1992 CE): Capital of Republic of Azerbaijan (1992–today).
Dhaka (c. 1973 CE): Capital of People's Republic of Bangladesh (1973–today).
Abu Dhabi (c. 1973 CE): Capital of United Arab Emirates (1973–today).
Suva (c. 1973 CE): Capital of Republic of Fiji (1973–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.
Lomé (c. 1960 CE): Capital of Togo (1960–today).
Niamey (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of the Niger (1961–today).
Porto-Novo (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of Benin (1961–today).