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href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransk_%C3%98vre_Volta" title="Fransk Øvre Volta – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Fransk Øvre Volta" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Volta_franc%C3%A9s" title="Alto Volta francés – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alto Volta francés" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Supra_Voltalando" title="Franca Supra Voltalando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Franca Supra Voltalando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantziar_Volta_Garaia" title="Frantziar Volta Garaia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Frantziar Volta Garaia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Volta_(colonie)" title="Haute-Volta (colonie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Haute-Volta (colonie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%B4%ED%8D%BC%EB%B3%BC%ED%83%80" title="어퍼볼타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="어퍼볼타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francuska_Gornja_Volta" title="Francuska Gornja Volta – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Francuska Gornja Volta" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Volta_francese" title="Alto Volta francese – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alto Volta francese" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA" title="וולטה עילית הצרפתית – Hebrew" 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Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fransk Øvre Volta" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Volta_franc%C3%AAs" title="Alto Volta francês – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Alto Volta francês" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Французская Верхняя Вольта – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Французская Верхняя Вольта" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" 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class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1948–1953 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Albert Mouragues</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1957–1958 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Yvon Bourges</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1958 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Max Berthet <small>(acting)</small></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Upper_Volta" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Upper Volta">Premier</a><sup>a</sup></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Presidential_Standard_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/50px-Presidential_Standard_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Presidential_Standard_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/75px-Presidential_Standard_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Presidential_Standard_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/100px-Presidential_Standard_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bura_culture" title="Bura culture">Bura<br />Bura-Asinda</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Prehistoric<br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 3rd–13th century</td></tr><tr 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1958–1984</td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:lavender"> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a><br /><span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–<span style="font-size:85%;">present</span>)</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em"> <a href="/wiki/Agacher_Strip_War" title="Agacher Strip War">Agacher Strip War</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1985</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em"> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sankara#Assassination" title="Thomas Sankara">Assassination of Sankara</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1987</td></tr><tr 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href="/wiki/File:Les.Colonies.fran%C3%A7aises.Helio.Sadag.1931.Flammarion.Haute-Volta._R%C3%A9gio_de_Banfora._Le_battage_du_riz_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Les.Colonies.fran%C3%A7aises.Helio.Sadag.1931.Flammarion.Haute-Volta._R%C3%A9gio_de_Banfora._Le_battage_du_riz_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Les.Colonies.fran%C3%A7aises.Helio.Sadag.1931.Flammarion.Haute-Volta._R%C3%A9gio_de_Banfora._Le_battage_du_riz_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Les.Colonies.fran%C3%A7aises.Helio.Sadag.1931.Flammarion.Haute-Volta._R%C3%A9gio_de_Banfora._Le_battage_du_riz_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Les.Colonies.fran%C3%A7aises.Helio.Sadag.1931.Flammarion.Haute-Volta._R%C3%A9gio_de_Banfora._Le_battage_du_riz_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Les.Colonies.fran%C3%A7aises.Helio.Sadag.1931.Flammarion.Haute-Volta._R%C3%A9gio_de_Banfora._Le_battage_du_riz_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Les.Colonies.fran%C3%A7aises.Helio.Sadag.1931.Flammarion.Haute-Volta._R%C3%A9gio_de_Banfora._Le_battage_du_riz_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="819" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Threshing" title="Threshing">Threshing</a> <a href="/wiki/African_rice" class="mw-redirect" title="African rice">African rice</a> in <a href="/wiki/Banfora_Department" title="Banfora Department">Banfora Department</a>, 1931</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Upper Volta</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Haute-Volta</i>) was a colony of <a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">French</a> <a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">West Africa</a> established in 1919 in the territory occupied by present-day <a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>. It was formed from territories that had been part of the colonies of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Senegal_and_Niger" title="Upper Senegal and Niger">Upper Senegal and Niger</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Côte d'Ivoire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colony was dissolved on 5 September 1932, with parts being administered by the Côte d'Ivoire, <a href="/wiki/French_Sudan" title="French Sudan">French Sudan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Niger" title="Colony of Niger">Colony of Niger</a>. </p><p>After World War II, on 4 September 1947, the colony was revived as a part of the <a href="/wiki/French_Union" title="French Union">French Union</a>, with its previous boundaries. On 11 December 1958, it was reconstituted as the <a href="/wiki/Self-governing_colony" title="Self-governing colony">self-governing</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Volta" title="Republic of Upper Volta">Republic of Upper Volta</a> within the <a href="/wiki/French_Community" title="French Community">French Community</a>, and two years later on 5 August 1960, it attained full independence. On 4 August 1984, the name was changed to Burkina Faso. </p><p>The name Upper Volta indicates that the country contains the upper part of the <a href="/wiki/Volta_River" title="Volta River">Volta River</a>. The river is divided into three parts, called the <a href="/wiki/Black_Volta" title="Black Volta">Black Volta</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_Volta" title="White Volta">White Volta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Volta" title="Red Volta">Red Volta</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_Upper_Volta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Burkina_Faso" title="History of Burkina Faso">History of Burkina Faso</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NDA_Haute-Volta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NDA_Haute-Volta.jpg/220px-NDA_Haute-Volta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NDA_Haute-Volta.jpg/330px-NDA_Haute-Volta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NDA_Haute-Volta.jpg/440px-NDA_Haute-Volta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="410" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Missionary_Sisters_of_Our_Lady_of_Africa" title="Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa">Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa</a> at a dispensary in <a href="/wiki/Toma,_Burkina_Faso" title="Toma, Burkina Faso">Toma</a>, 1920s</figcaption></figure> <p>Until the end of the 19th century, the history of Upper Volta was dominated by the empire-building <a href="/wiki/Mossi_people" title="Mossi people">Mossi</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mossi_Kingdoms" title="Mossi Kingdoms">Mossi Kingdoms</a>, who are believed to have come up to their present location from present-day northern <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>. For centuries, the Mossi peasant was both farmer and soldier, and the Mossi people were able to defend their religious beliefs and social structure against forcible attempts to convert them to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> by Muslims from the northwest.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the French arrived and claimed the area in 1896, Mossi resistance ended with the capture of their capital at <a href="/wiki/Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a>. In 1919, certain provinces from <a href="/wiki/Upper_Senegal_and_Niger" title="Upper Senegal and Niger">Upper Senegal and Niger</a> were united into a separate colony called the Upper Volta in the <a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">French West Africa</a> federation. In 1932, the new colony was dismembered in a move to economise;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was reconstituted in 1937 as an administrative division called the Upper Coast. After World War II, the Mossi renewed their pressure for separate territorial status and on 4 September 1947, Upper Volta became a French West African territory again in its own right. </p><p>The indigenous population was highly discriminated against. For example, African children were not allowed to ride bicycles or pick fruit from trees, "privileges" reserved for the children of colonists. Violating these regulations could land parents in jail.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A revision in the organisation of French overseas territories began with the passage of the Basic Law (Loi Cadre) of 23 July 1956. This act was followed by reorganisational measures approved by the French parliament early in 1957 that ensured a large degree of self-government for individual territories. Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French community on 11 December 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upper Volta achieved independence on 5 August 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first president, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Yam%C3%A9ogo" title="Maurice Yaméogo">Maurice Yaméogo</a>, was the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Voltaic_Democratic_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Voltaic Democratic Union">Voltaic Democratic Union</a> (UDV). The 1960 constitution provided for election by universal suffrage of a president and a national assembly for five year terms; however, soon after coming to power, Yaméogo banned all political parties other than the UDV.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonial_governors">Colonial governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_Upper_Volta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Colonial governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lieutenant_Governors_(1919–1932)"><span id="Lieutenant_Governors_.281919.E2.80.931932.29"></span>Lieutenant Governors (1919–1932)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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id="Governors_(1947–1958)"><span id="Governors_.281947.E2.80.931958.29"></span>Governors (1947–1958)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_Upper_Volta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governors (1947–1958)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaston_Mourgues&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaston Mourgues (page does not exist)">Gaston Mourgues</a> (6 September 1947 – 29 April 1948), <i>acting</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Mouragues&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert Mouragues (page does not exist)">Albert Mouragues</a> (29 April 1948 – 23 February 1953)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salvador_Jean_%C3%89tcheber&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salvador Jean Étcheber (page does not exist)">Salvador Jean Étcheber</a> (23 February 1953 – 3 November 1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvon_Bourges" title="Yvon Bourges">Yvon Bourges</a> (3 November 1956 – 15 July 1958) <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Berthet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Max Berthet (page does not exist)">Max Berthet</a> (15 July 1958 – 11 December 1958), <i>acting</i></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_Commissioners_(1958–1960)"><span id="High_Commissioners_.281958.E2.80.931960.29"></span>High Commissioners (1958–1960)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_Upper_Volta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: High Commissioners (1958–1960)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Berthet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Max Berthet (page does not exist)">Max Berthet</a> (11 December 1958 – February 1959)</li> <li><a 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