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MY AFRIKA
Cover Story

BURKINA FASO

The land of Upright People

Samuel Phillips

ou really cannot speak the French, more as an indicator or white colonialists. They just name

of Burkina Faso both geographic pointer, and had no real things and places how it defines their
as a nation and a attachment to the people of that re- intention for such things and places
Ypeople which name gion themselves. Thus Upper Volta and how it fulfills their agenda for
means The Land of Upright Peo- was named for the region above the domination and whatever else they
ple and not speak of Thomas San- Volta river flowing in the area and intend to do.
kara the beloved President who gave which has no real meaning or con-

not just the name but a new identity nection to the true destiny of that The reality of a founding father
to his people. beautiful nation. Clearly, meaningless There is something about founding
Changing it from Upper Volta which name-giving of important places in fathers and how their ideals influence
was given by the European colonizer, Afrika is one of the nature of the their “building” sons and daughters,

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