The Volta-Bani War is one of the most significant armed oppositions to colonial government anywhere in Africa. It was the main reason for the creation of the colony of Haute Volta (now Burkina Faso) after World War I, by splitting off seven districts from the large colony of Haut-Sénégal and Niger.

Feb 4, 2025 · The Volta-Bani War is one of the most significant armed oppositions to colonial government anywhere in Africa. It was the main reason for the creation of the colony of Haute Volta (now Burkina Faso) after World War I, by splitting off seven districts from the large colony of Haut-Sénégal and Niger.

The Volta-Bani War was an anti-colonial rebellion which took place in French West Africa (specifically, the areas of modern Burkina Faso and Mali) between 1915 and 1917. It was a war between an indigenous African force drawn from a heterogeneous coalition of local peoples who rose against the French Army.

Dec 5, 2017 · The Volta-Bani war was one of them. In fact, this conflict was the largest that West Africa had seen since the arrival of the French in the 1850s. It even outranks other conflicts on the continent after the Great War. African resistance to Empire during the First World War is a ripe subject waiting to be exploited by historians.

The Volta-Bani War is one of the most significant armed oppositions to colonial government anywhere in Africa. It was the main reason for the creation of the colony of Haute Volta (now Burkina Faso) after World War I, by splitting off seven districts from the large colony of Haut-Sénégal and Niger.

May 7, 2024 · The Volta-Bani War was a major yet obscure anti-colonial rebellion which took place in French West Africa, in the areas of modern Burkina Faso and Mali between 1915 and 1917.

The Scope of the War -- The Anticolonial Leadership -- War, Colonialism, and Anthropology -- The Ethnic Puzzle -- Intentions and Structures -- Colony, Postcolony, Hegemony -- The Volta-Bani War in Historiographic Discourse -- Our Sources -- The West Volta in the Nineteenth Century -- The Invention of the Village in the West Volta -- Ritual Ties ...

West African Challenge to Empire examines the anticolonial war in the Volta and Bani region in 1915–16. It was the largest challenge that the French ever faced in their West African colonial empire, and one of the largest armed oppositions to colonialism anywhere in Africa.

Dec 12, 2017 · The Volta-Bani War was an anti-colonial rebellion which took place in parts of French West Africa (now Burkina Faso and Mali) between 1915 and 1917. It was a war between an indigenous African army, a coalition of people against the French Army.

The Volta-Bani War took place mainly in what is now Burkina Faso, 1915-16. It was a war between an indigenous African army, which at its height mustered 15,000 - 20,000 men who fought the French Army.