Burkina Faso

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In October 2014, huge protests across Burkina Faso succeeded in overthrowing the long entrenched regime of their authoritarian ruler, Blaise Compaor Defying all expectations, this popular movement went on to defeat an attempted coup by the old regime, making it possible for a transitional government to organize free and fair elections the following year In doing so, the people of this previously obscure West African nation surprised the world, and their struggle stands as one of the few instances of a popular democratic uprising succeeding in postcolonial sub Saharan Africa For over three decades, Ernest Harsch has researched and reported from Burkina Faso, interviewing subjects ranging from local democratic activists to revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, the man once dubbed Africa s Che Guevara In this book, Harsch provides a compelling and up to date history of this little understood country, from the French colonial period to the Compaor regime and the movement that finally deposed him. Best Read Burkina Faso By Ernest Harsch For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr

Burkina Faso
  • 23 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 1786991365
  • Ernest Harsch
  • Burkina Faso