#Upper volta german empire series

The colony was governed by Charles Alexis Édouard who started promoted growing cotton for export and initiated a program to make the infrastructure better. Haute Volta was the name given to the new colony. France also separated modern-day Burkina Faso from Niger and Upper Senegal. The movement was suppressed by the French government and on 1 March 1919, the French Upper Volta was established. Recruits from the region took part in World War I in the Senegalese Rifles battalions and between 1915 and1916, the cities in the western region and the eastern border on Mali became the stage of the Volta-Bani War, the most significant armed opposition against the colonial government. Conflict between the colonial powers and the locals progressed for close to five years and in 1904, most of the regions of the Volta basin were assimilated into the French West Africa’s colony of Upper Senegal and Niger and the colonial capital was at Bamako. It is the Franco-British Convention of 14 June 1898 that established the nation’s present borders. In 1897, the western and eastern regions were occupied by the French, and by 1898, most territories of Burkina Faso had been conquered. Helmet-Shaped Dance Mask, early 19th century, SourceWhen the French claimed the country in 1986, the rule of the Mossi people came to an end with the seizure of Ouagadougou, their capital. The colonial governments and their officers also came up with treaties amongst themselves and as a result, Burkina Faso became a French colony in 1896 after an intricate succession of events. Most of the times these colonial powers and their armies would fight the locals, and at times they would come up with treaties and forge alliances with them.

#Upper volta german empire series

During this period, the Mossi kingdoms safeguarded their territory, social structure, and religious beliefs successfully against any attempts at conversion and conquest by their Muslim neighbors towards the northwest.Īt the onset of the 1890s, a series of German, French and British military officers tried to conquer some regions of present-day Burkina Faso. These were an empire-building people and were believed to have originated from the northern region of Ghana, where the ethnically-linked Dagomba community still dwell. From the 11th century, The Mossi community created a number of separate kingdoms and they ruled the territory up to the end of the 19th century. This era was characterized by smelting and forging of weapons and tools.īetween the 8th and the 15th century, a number of ethnic groups of modern-day Burkina Faso, for instance, Dyula, Fula, and Mossi started arriving in the country. This culture was found in the present-day southeast region of Burkina Faso and southwest Niger.

The Iron-Age Civilization era was experienced from the 3rd to the 13th centuries AD via the Bura culture. Agricultural villages were then formed between 36 BC. The country’s history is made up of the history of a number of kingdoms, for instance, the Mossi Kingdoms, French colonization of the region, and its sovereignty in 1960 as the Republic of Upper Volta.ĭwarf Mask, late 19th century, SourceFrom 14,000 BC to 5,000 BC, the northwest region of modern-day Burkina Faso was inhabited by hunter-gatherers and their tools such as arrowheads, chisels, and scrapers were found in 1973via archaeological digs.

The country was initially referred to as the Republic of Upper Volta and was renamed ‘Burkina Faso’ by Thomas Sankara, on 4th August 1984. The nation is a neighbor to six countries Ivory Coast to the southwest, Benin to the southeast, Ghana and Togo to the south, Niger to the east, and Mali to the north. Burkina Faso is situated in West Africa and it is a landlocked country.