Burkina: Prime Minister calls for colonial-era resistance to be included in school textbooks
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The film “Kiidga, the Cry of the 333 Hills” recounts the resistance of the Boussouma kingdom to the French invasion (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The documentary “Kiidga, the Cry of the 333 Hills” premiered in Ouagadougou. It recounts the resistance of the Boussouma kingdom to the French colonial invasion of 1896 and is part of an effort to preserve historical memory.
"Kiidiga, the cry of the 333 hills": resistance to the French invader in 1896 as a lesson for posterity (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo attended, in Ouagadougou, the preview of the documentary "Kiidiga, the cry of the 333 hills", about the resistance of the Boussouma kingdom to the French in 1896, along with the book signing of a collective work by researchers on resistance movements.
Burkina: Prime Minister calls for colonial-era resistance to be included in school textbooks (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
At the preview of the documentary "Kiidiga, le cri des 333 collines" in Ouagadougou, Prime Minister Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo called for resistance to colonisation to be included in school textbooks and films. The documentary covers the resistance of the Boussouma kingdom to the French conquest in…
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Documentary retraces the resistance of the Kingdom of Boussouma against French invaders
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo attended the preview in Ouagadougou of the documentary "Kiidiga, the cry of the 333 hills", about the resistance of the Boussouma kingdom to the French invasion in 1896. The evening also featured the book signing of the collective work "Burkina Faso…
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