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F2/4 Vasant Vihar,
New Delhi-110 057

Tel : +91 11 26140641/42
Fax : +91 11 26140630

Email :embassy@burkinafasoindia.org

History

HISTORY OF BURKINA FASO

For an excellent summary of the chronological history of Burkina Faso, Neolithic origins to the present day, see the "history" page on the Government of Burkina Faso site: www.primature.gov.bf

Introduction

A complex and fascinating history of some sixty-five ethnic groups, Burkina Faso today is made of all the stories of stories

of these same ethnic groups, stories that are independent,parallel and sometimes with common episodes. It is even more difficult to reconstruct the various episodes of this history as it has not been written but told, or rather recounted. What is certain is that Burkina Faso has a tormented history.

The Mossi people, who would create powerful kingdoms in this region of the Niger loop, came here towards the fifteenth century. For certain people, they came from the Lake Chad region. Their long migration led them, in a first step to Ghana. Today one believes that the small town of Gambaga, just north of the country, was the first major doorway of dispersion of the Dagomba, Mamprousi and Nankana tribes from which the future Mossi and Gourmantche dynasties were born.

Latest News

The Embassy takes great pleasure in announcing the arrival of H.E. Mr. Idriss Raoua OUEDRAOGO Ambassador-Designate of Burkina Faso to India. H. E. Mr. OUEDRAOGO arrived in New Delhi on December 2, 2011 and has assumed charge of the Mission.

The entire staff of the Embassy wishes him a very warm welcome and success in his mission.

On Thursday, January 12, 2012 H.E. Mr. Idriss Raoua OUEDRAOGO presented his credentials to H.E. Mrs. Pratibha Patil, the Honourable President of the Republic of India, as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Burkina Faso to India.

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