Burkina Faso by Pierre Englebert

Name: Burkina Faso
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Pierre Englebert highlights the historical and contemporary factors that account for the Burkina Faso's, a country in West Africa, instability; considers the ethnic, religious, and social contours of its polity; examines its economic policies and prospects; and analyzes its external relations.

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Burkina Faso by Pierre Englebert

Poor even by the standards of West Africa, Burkina Faso has been plagued by political instability since independence from France in 1960. It has suffered five military coups, the last of which cost the life of Thomas Sankara, who had waged war on poverty, corruption and illiteracy. Yet Burkina Faso's growth was surprisingly strong during the 1980s,

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ISBN 13	9780813336800
ISBN 10	0813336805
Title	Burkina Faso
Author	Pierre Englebert
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Perseus
Year published	1999-03-12
Number of pages	224
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