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Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Burkinabé historian, politician and writer
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (June 21, – December 4, , Burkina Faso) was a Burkinabé historian, politician and writer.
He is recognized as one of Africa's foremost thinkers.
From to he was professor of African History at the University of Ouagadougou.
Die Geschichte Schwarz - Afrikas.In , he was forced into exile, only being able to return in
Ki-Zerbo founded the Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party. He was its chairman until , and represented it in the Burkina Faso parliament until his death in A socialist and an advocate of African independence and unity, Ki-Zerbo was also a vocal opponent of Thomas Sankara's revolutionary government.
Early life
Ki-Zerbo was born in Toma in the province of Nayala, in what was, at that time, the French colony of Upper Volta. He was the son of Alfred Diban Ki-Zerbo and Thérèse Folo Ki.[1] His father is considered to be the first Burkinabé Christian.[2] In he intervened during the Volta-Ba