Upper Volta (France)

This article is about the specific polity Upper Volta (France) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a colony of French West Africa established in 1919 and a predecessor of modern-day Burkina Faso. As for many French colonies in Africa, it originated from a combination of treaties with indigenous people and forced annexion by military conquest.

Establishment

March 1919: In 1919, certain provinces from Upper Senegal and Niger were united into a separate colony called the Upper Volta in the French West Africa federation.

Chronology

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1. Events

September 1932: The Upper Volta Colony was dissolved and divided between the colonies of Ivory Coast, French Sudan and Niger.

September 1947: 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.

December 1958: Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French community.