The influence of French colonialism is evident from the start. Upper Volta’s earliest orchestras took cues from a band comprised of French colonial businessmen and Western instruments like the ...

A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960. It has significant reserves of gold, but the country has faced domestic and external concern over the state of its economy ...

Bobo Dioulasso in Upper Volta, the name Burkina Faso went by during the French colonial period, could be described in this way. French author and producer Florent Mazzoleni has spent years ...

1896 - Kingdoms now making up Burkina Faso become a French protectorate. 1919 - Upper Volta becomes separate constituent territory of French West Africa. 1958 - Upper Volta becomes autonomous ...

A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960. It has significant reserves of gold, but the country has faced domestic and external concern over the state of its economy ...

Belle Époque in Upper Volta. Borrowing the Beatles' "yeah yeah yeah," the French Yéyé movement mirrored similar pop music movements in neighboring romance language centers (Italy, Spain), and ...

1896 - Kingdoms now making up Burkina Faso become a French protectorate. 1919 - Upper Volta becomes separate constituent territory of French West Africa. 1958 - Upper Volta becomes autonomous ...