What tragic event involving over a thousand people occurred on this date in history? (As in April 14)

wood carving remains today the primary sculptural art form of the sub saharan continent. african art history shows the earliest wooden sculptures from the 17th c are attributed to the kuba, central zaire but the earliest surviving sub-saharan sculpture is a zoomorphic head found in 1928 in central angola.

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its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.