Authoritarianism was also a persistent feature of
Upper Volta's early years after independence, but it produced very different outcomes under Thomas Sankara.
The parties to the treaty were: Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Togo, and
Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).
But the notion that age breeds conservatism is as outmoded as TV rabbit ears and maps of
Upper Volta.
It is impossible to consider here all the phenomena induced by French colonization and their effects on the mentalities of the people of
Upper Volta (former name of Burkina Faso).
The
Upper Volta, of which Ouagadougou is the capital, changed its designation to Burkina Faso.
His West African ethnography includes films produced in Niger, Ghana, Mali and
Upper Volta, and ranges from straightforward portrayals of life to extraordinary rituals.
Isolation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and Rift Valley fever viruses in
Upper Volta. Lancet 1984;1:1179.
It skillfully integrates patches of demographic data from colonial and national archives with material generated by a 1974-1975 National Migration Survey conducted in what was then known as
Upper Volta to paint a convincing portrait of Burkinabe labor migration in the twentieth century.
In 1960 the following African states became independent: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Congo, Dahomey (Benin 1975), Gabon, Ivory Coast, Malagasy Republic (Madagascar), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Togo,
Upper Volta, Zaire.
It used to be the French colony of
Upper Volta. The people here earn an average of $US300 per year, making their country one of the world's poorest.
(Memoires II), published in 1994, depicts his life as colonial secretary, the "crayon du commandant," in the 1920s in Burkina Faso (formerly
Upper Volta).