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Burkina Faso: A History of Power, Protest, and Revolution

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by Ernest Harsch
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ernest HarschPublish date:2017-10-15Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zed BooksISBN-13:9781786991355ISBN-10:1786991357UPC:9781786991355Book Category:History, Education, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Africa, Schools, WorldBook Topic:West, Levels, AfricanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC53BMVSW5

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 history of this little understood country, from the French colonial period to the Compaor? regime and the movement that finally deposed him.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zed BooksISBN-13:9781786991355ISBN-10:1786991357UPC:9781786991355Book Category:History, Education, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Africa, Schools, WorldBook Topic:West, Levels, AfricanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC53BMVSW5

Ernest Harsch is an academic and freelance journalist who has written extensively on Africa since the 1970s. He is a research scholar affiliated with Columbia University's Institute of African Studies and previously served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the university's School of International and Public Affairs. He is a regular contributor on Burkina Faso to the Economist Intelligence Unit, and his writing has featured in publications ranging from Le Monde diplomatique to Africa Today. His previous books include Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary (2014).
Ernest Harsch is an academic and freelance journalist who has written extensively on Africa since the 1970s. He is a research scholar affiliated with Columbia University's Institute of African Studies and previously served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the university's School of International and Public Affairs. He is a regular contributor on Burkina Faso to the Economist Intelligence Unit, and his writing has featured in publications ranging from Le Monde diplomatique to Africa Today. His previous books include Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary (2014).


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