Burial remains indicate spiritual practices began around this time as well. Iron, ceramics, and stone were used beginning between 15 BC. Evidence shows these were permanent settlements. Farmer’s settlements began to appear between 36 BC. Simon Nijjar discovered their tools in 1973. Historyīetween 14,0 BC, hunter-gatherers began populating the country’s northwest. The African Union, Community of Sahel-Saharan States, La Francophonie, Organization of the Islamic Conference and Economic Community of West African States list Burkina Faso as a member. Blaise Compaore is the current president. After its independence in 1960, several governmental changes occurred until the country took its present semi-presidential republic form. In 1896, Burkina Faso became a French protectorate. Mossi kingdoms were present in the central part of the nation. Farming settlements appeared between 36 BC.
Hunter-gatherers populated the area between 14,000 and 5,000 BC.
Burkina Faso’s people are known as Burkinabe. The country has a surface area of 274,200 square kilometers. On August 4, 1984, the country changed its name from the Republic of Upper Volta. Burkina Faso is a landlocked African country surrounded by Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana in the south, Cote d’Ivoire to the southwest, and Mali to the north.īurkina is a rapidly growing country with an estimated 2019 population of 20.32 million, which makes Burkina that 62th most populous country in the world.
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