Jean Dresch
Contributor
LOCATION: Paris, France
Professor of Geography, University of Paris VII, 1948–77. Author of Recherches sur l'évolution du relief dans le Haut-Atlas and others.
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History of Burkina Faso, survey of the important events and people in the history of Burkina Faso. A landlocked country in western Africa, Burkina Faso gained independence from France in 1960 and was originally known as Upper Volta before adopting its current name in 1984. The capital, Ouagadougou,…
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