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History: Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso - "A la découverte du Burkina Faso" (http://www.primature.gov.bf/)
In French. Official government site; provides many links to other web sites in Burkina Faso; also gives substantial history of Burkina Faso, from pre-colonial times to present, including timeline of major events and bibliography of printed sources.

Der Web Travel Guide: Burkina Faso - Kompakte Info-Seite über Burkina Faso. (http://www.webtravelguide.de/Laender/Burkina/Burkina.htm)
In German. Gives general overview of country, geography and climate, flora and fauna; links to forums for each subject category.

Flags of the World: Burkina Faso
(http://flagspot.net/flags/bf.html)
Includes images of flag, description, variants, presidential and other flags, aircraft markings, current and former coat of arms of Burkina Faso.

Kuba, Richard and Carola Lentz - "The Dagara and Their Neighbors (Burkina Faso and Ghana)" from the Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography (http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/7/index.html)
877 bibliographic entries consisting of books, journal articles, theses, and book chapters, in English, French, German or Italian, on such diverse topics as economy, society, language, literature, and history.

Roy, Christopher - Village Activities (Streaming Content) (http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eafricart/streaming%5Fcontent.html)
Nine videos of diverse village activities in Burkina Faso, including making pottery, mask dance, initiation. Produced by professor of art and art history , University of Iowa.

Roy, Christopher D. - The Art of Burkina Faso
(http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eafricart/Art%20of%20Burkina%20Faso.html)
Full text of a book by Roy, Professor of Art History, University of Iowa. Topics include: Demography, History, the Mossi (Masks, Figures, Dolls, Zazaido crests), Gurunsi Masks, Bwa Masks, Bobo Masks, the Marka Dafing, Furniture, Pottery, Jewelry, Weaving, a cross-cultural comparative stylistic summary of mask styles, and a bibliography.

Wappenlexikon - Burkina Faso - Hintergründe zum Wappen Burkina Fasos. (http://www.christian-siemer.de/wappen/afrika/burkina-faso.htm)
In German. Images of emblems from 1961 through 1999; links to related sites.

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