Burkina Faso
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2007
Publisher
Freedom House
Abstract
Burkina Faso’s rich civic institutions are rooted in the history of the precolonial Mossi kingdoms, the traditions of stateless societies in the southwest, the Islamic brotherhoods that structure the lives of Muslims, the hundred-year presence of the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant missionary societies, and popular struggles for representation during the colonial and postindependence periods. This heritage is a constant feature of contemporary political discourse, with critics accusing the current regime of betraying the country’s political traditions. The regime’s defenders emphasize its continuity with the past and its efforts to restore civic life after the excesses of the revolutionary period of the 1980s.
Chapter of
Countries at the Crossroads 2007
Editor
Sanja Kelly
Christopher Walker
Jake Dizard
Recommended Citation
Kevane, M. (2007). Burkina Faso. In S. Kelly, C. Walker, & J. Dizard, Countries at the Crossroads 2007 (pp. 135–160). Freedom House and Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
