Making New People by James Genova

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Making New People by James Genova

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Summary

Almost immediately following the coup’s success, the small West African country—renamed Burkina Faso, or Land of the Dignified People—gained international attention as it charted a new path toward social, economic, cultural, and political development based on its people’s needs rather than external pressures and Cold War politics.

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Making New People by James Genova

Recounts in detail the rise and fall of Burkina Faso's revolutionary government, demonstrating how it embodied the critical transition period in modern African history between the era of decolonization and the dawning of neoliberal capitalism.

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JAMES E. GENOVA is professor of history and film studies at Ohio State University at Marion. He is the author of Colonial Ambivalence, Cultural Authenticity, and the Limitations of Mimicry in French-Ruled West Africa, 1914–1956 (2004) and Cinema and Development in West Africa (2013).

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ISBN 13 9781611864397
ISBN 10 1611864399
Title Making New People
Author James Genova
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Michigan State University Press
Year published 2022-11-30
Number of pages 268
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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