HISTORY

Ever since known as “Mossi Empire”, Burkina Faso fell under the French dominion by the end of the 19th century. In 1904 it was given a new name “Colony of the upper Senegal Niger”. Fifteen years later, it became the colony of “Upper Volta” and gained its independence on August 5th, 1960. On August 4th, 1984, a year after the revolution of August 4th, 1983 broke out, the country was renamed “Burkina Faso” which means the "Country of the Upright People". (Click here to view the new signs and symbols of the nation.)