Africa | Politics

Africa — The Republic of Burkina Faso & The Legacy of Thomas Sankara

Here I’ll give a brief intro to the West African country that has a special place in my heart

In the late 1800’s several different European countries tried to colonize and take over what is modern day named Burkina Faso. The British attempted to take over as well as tried to forge with the Native Africans who own and lived on the land. Later France came into the picture, historians love using the…