![]() ![]() The National Union of Burkina Farmers is created on 11 April. On 17 November, French president François Mitterand visits Ouagadougou. In October, Sankara visits the Soviet Union. Literacy campaign for national languages. A national conference for women is held from 1-8 March. Launching of a massive reafforestation campaign. On 31 December, rents for the year 1985 are suspended and he launches a house-building program. On 25 November, he launches a vaccination campaign for Burkinabés under15 years old. On 4 October, Sankara makes a speech before the United Nations General Assembly. Men are invited to perform household chores that were the women's privilege until then. Upper Volta becomes Burkina Faso, « the Land of the Upright Men ».Ģ2 September is proclaimed the day of solidarity with housewives in Ouagadougou. The National Concil of the Revolution takes power and Sankara becomes president.įirst anniversary of the revolution. He is suddenly arrested on 17 May, the dayīlaise Compaoré marches on Ouagadougou, frees Sankara and overthrows Ouédraogo. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo becomes president. Saye Zarbo is overthrown and replaced by a provisional Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress. He resigns one year later in protest against the open threats to freedom, and is transferred to a faraway garrison. Sankara accepts the post of secretary of state for information under Saye Zerbo. Colonel Saye Zerbo takes the head of a military committee for national recovery and progress. Sankara does a course at the Rabat, Morocco parachutists' school where he makes friends with Blaise Compaoré.įollowing many strikes in Upper Volta, the Lamizana government is overthrown. ![]() The same year, he goes to Pau, France for a parachutist course. Sankara enters the military school of Ouagadougou.Ĭompleting his military training in Magadascar since two years, Sankara participates in the May Revolution that overthrows the neo-colonial regime of Tsiranana. Opposed by the people because of his austerity policy, Maurice Yaméogo is overthrown and replaced by the military government of Colonel Lamizana. Proclamation of the independance of Upper Volta. Its first president, Maurice Yaméogo, is elected in December 1959. Thomas Sankara is born in Yako, Upper Volta.Ĭreation of the Republic of Upper Volta, member of the French community. The colonial territory of Upper Volta is cut into pieces and split between the Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.The Mossi kingdom of Ouagadougou becomes a French protectorate. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museumĭocuments in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. ![]()
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