
Information
Name: Upper Volta (France)
Type: Polity
Nation: burkina faso
Start: 1919
End: 1958
Upper Volta (France): All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
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.