6/5/2023 0 Comments Upper volta flag![]() No wonder the name needed to change, as it had no real meaning! Thomas Sankara a Ouagadougou The Volta river also flew into Ghana, which was never known as the ‘Lower Volta’. Since the river had three tributaries: the Black Volta, the white Volta, and the red Volta, Upper Volta’s flag also had those three colors. ![]() Thus Upper Volta was named for the region above the Volta river flowing in the area the people of that country/area where thus known as the ‘Voltaics’ ( Voltaiques in French). Originally, Haute Volta or Upper Volta, was just given by the European colonizer, the French, more as an indicator or geographic pointer, and had no real attachment to the people of that region themselves. Burkina and then Faso? or even simply two names in its history: Upper Volta and then Burkina Faso? Well, the country named Upper Volta was given a new name in 1984 by then President Thomas Sankara, who chose the name Burkina Faso. Bisap, a tea made from Amber flower, is the most popular drink.Have you ever wondered about the name of the country Burkina Faso? Why would a country have two names, i.e. Poulet Telévise are national dishes made with chicken. In Burkina Faso cuisine, mainly tomatoes are used. It is rainy from June to October, dry from November to February, and hot from March to June. Local languages are widely used throughout the country. Most of the population lives in the capital. The capital of the country, Ouagadougou, is also one of the poorest countries in the world. Main Characteristics of Burkina Fasoīurkina Faso, a country of happy people, is known as the music center of West Africa with its traditional music and percussion instruments. It is surrounded by Benin in the south, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo, in the north and west of Mali, Niger in the northeast. ![]() It is located to the west of the African continent. Neighboring Countries of Burkina Faso Neighboring Countries of Burkina Faso Three equal horizontal banded black-and-white-red flags created from the Black Volta River, the White Volta River and the Red Volta River, which are the three branches of the Volta River, which the country used to name in 1960 when it gained its independence from France under the name of Upper Volta, in 1983, was replaced by a coup d’état against the government. From 1984 to 1997, the official Burkina Faso coat of arms was used along with a digging of the Soviet AK-47 assault rifle, as well as a book with an open book symbolizing the importance of education and training of revolutionary principles. ![]() When Upper Volta was transformed into Burkina Faso on August 4, 1984, the flag was also changed. The Upper Volta Flag was similar to the three-color flags used by the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. These colors represented the three major branches of the Volta River flowing south of the country: Black Volta, White Volta, and Red Volta. The first flag of Burkina Faso consisted of three horizontal lines, black, white and red as the flag of Upper Volta. The yellow five-pointed star in the middle of the flag symbolizes the democratic popular revolution.īurkina Faso Flag Map History of the Burkina Faso Flag The red symbolizes the country’s fertile land, while the red, which divides the flag into two equal parts horizontally, symbolizes the blood that flows during the revolution and the nation that loses its life. The flag of Burkina Faso consists of Pan-African colors with red, green and yellow colors. Colors and the Meaning of the Burkina Faso Flag ![]()
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