Description: Burkina Faso : A History of Power, Protest, and Revolution, Paperback by Harsch, Ernest, ISBN 1786991357, ISBN-13 9781786991355, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 and up-to-date history of this little understood country, from the French colonial period to the Compaor regime and the movement that finally deposed him.
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Book Title: Burkina Faso : A History of Power, Protest, and Revolution
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Burkina Faso : a History of Power, Protest, and Revolution
Language: English
Publisher: ZED Books, The Limited
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Africa / West, Africa / General, General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, World / African
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Author: Ernest Harsch
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
