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Title:Burkina Faso :
a history of power, protest, and revolution /
From: Ernest Harsch.
Person: Harsch, Ernest
author.
Main Author: Harsch, Ernest (Author)
Publisher:[London, England] :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2021
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, England : Zed Books, 2017.
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350218802?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
Summary:"In October 2014, huge protests across Burkina Faso succeeded in overthrowing the long-entrenched regime of their authoritarian ruler, Blasie Compaoré. Defying all expectations, this popular movement went on to defeat an attempted coup by the old regime, making it possible for a transitional government to organize free and fair elections the following year. In doing so, the people of the previously obscure West African nation surprised the world, and their struggle stands as one of the few instances of a popular democratic uprising succeeding in postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa..." -- Page [4] of cover.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 287 Seiten) : illustrations, maps.
Also published in print.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350218802
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.