10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPPER VOLTA»
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Upper Volta in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
African Spaces: Designs for Living in
Upper Volta
The diversity and complexity of African vernacular architecture remain widely unknown both to the general public and to architects.
Jean-Paul Bourdier, Thi Minh-Ha Trinh, 1985
An introduction to the geography, people, history, government, resources, culture, and major cities of Upper Volta.
Allan Carpenter, Janice E. Baker, 1974
3
Manganese Reserves and Resources of the World and Their ...
A. 12 UPPER VOLTA Occurrences of manganese are fairly numerous in Upper
Volta, but only a few are important. They appear to be similar to those found in
neighboring Ivory Coast and Ghana. In this part of western Africa, manganese ...
4
International Relations in Contemporary Africa
Despite this declaration, Senegal, Soudan (now Mali), Upper Volta (Burkina Faso
), and Dahomey (Benin) met in January 1959 and declared they would form the
Mali federation with headquarters at Dakar.35 However, the legislative ...
5
Determining Boundaries in a Conflicted World: The Role of ...
In 1947 the two cerrles acquired in 1932 from Upper Volta were detached from
Sudan and returned to Upper Volta, which was reconstituted as a separate
territory.24 Other examples can be cited. In 1903, the southern frontier of
Mauritania ...
6
Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History
Previously known as Upper Volta, Burkina Faso is a West African nation with a
population of over 13 million, as of 2007, drawn from more than fifty ethnic groups
and largely living in urban areas. It is just south of the Sahara Desert, with only ...
Richard M. Juang, Noelle Morrissette, 2007
7
A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings
[Series: Music of Upper Volta, vol. 1]. Nonesuch: 72087. LP. 1973-75. OP
Individual Artists or Groups 7775 Farafina Faso denou. Realworld: CAROL-2328-
2. 1992. 7776 Freres Coulibaly Anka dia: musique et chants du Burkina
TRADITIONAL ...
8
Food Aid and the Developing World: Four African Case Studies
Indeed the four countries studied in this book–Tunisia, Botswana, Lesotho and
Upper Volta–are in a sense untypical since, as explained in Chapter 1, they were
selected as being 'good of their kind'. However, while they are obviously not ...
Christopher Stevens, 2010
9
History of Burkina Faso: Republic of
Upper Volta, Burkina ...
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10
Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa
Issiaka. Mande. People from the French colony of Upper Volta were the major
contributors to efforts of the federal government of French West Africa (Afrique
occi- dentale française, or AOF) to develop other colonies in the federation. In a
word ...
Toyin Falola, Aribidesi Adisa Usman, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPPER VOLTA»
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Upper Volta is used in the context of the following news items.
Why Burkina Faso's late revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara still …
Sankara's visionary leadership turned his country from a sleepy West African nation with the colonial designation of Upper Volta to a dynamo of progress under ... «Quartz, May 15»
Burkina Faso: Sankarist parties form united front
... rising political consciousness, and burgeoning anger with the country's — then called Upper Volta — poverty, underdevelopment and economic corruption. «Workers World, May 15»
Bones exhumed from Sankara's Burkina grave
File: Thomas Sankara was a Marxist army captain who seized power in 1983 and implemented radical leftist policies in the former French colony of Upper Volta. «eNCA, May 15»
10 Charts That Explain Russia
Or, perhaps, it is “Upper Volta with rockets.” Other tropes about Russia and Russians that are used with depressing frequency include uncontrolled alcoholism, ... «Forbes, Mar 15»
Burkina Faso courts to allow exhumation of Thomas Sankara remains
Born in 1949, Sankara grew up during the turbulent 1950s and 1960s when independence struggles swept many African states. He joined the Upper Volta ... «Workers World, Mar 15»
Thomas Sankara and Burkina Faso's “Black Spring”
A press report in 1983 that a popular uprising in Upper Volta, a small and poor land-locked country in Western Africa had led to an obscure, but charismatic army ... «Socialist Project, Feb 15»
Notable & Quotable
"Russia is Upper Volta with nukes". Brian Hess subscriber ... Except Upper Volta no longer exists, having changed it's name to Burkina Faso. They just threw out ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
Vladimir Putin Wants to Frighten the World into Respecting Russia
"True, the Soviet Union was referred to as 'the Upper Volta with missiles,'" Putin said. "Maybe so, and there were loads of missiles. Besides, we had such brilliant ... «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
All you need to know about the Burkina Faso crisis
What's its background? Burkina Faso, population nearly 17 million, used to be a French colony. Formerly named Upper Volta, it gained independence in 1960. «euronews, Oct 14»
Burkina army seizes power after uprising against veteran ruler
Known in colonial times as Upper Volta, the landlocked country became independent from France in 1960 and its name was changed to Burkina Faso ("the land ... «BDlive, Oct 14»
