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Republic of the Upper Volta en · PROPN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Republic of Upper Volta.
   alt of Republic of Upper Volta
   • Often called “Africa's Che Guevara,” [Thomas] Sankara renamed the Republic of the Upper Volta as Burkina Faso, or “land of the upright people,” and set about making the country more self-sufficient before he was assassinated in 1987. 2025 June 29, Caroline Kimeu, Benoit Faucon, “The Coup Leader Who’s Become an Anti-Western Hero in Africa and Beyond”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • On December 11, 1958, the Territorial Assembly transformed itself into the Constituent and Legislative Assembly, and on February 28, 1959, adopted the Constitution of the Upper Volta. This was finally approved by 75 per cent of the voters in a referendum held on March 15, 1959, and officially proclaimed on March 19. Thus was born the “one and indivisible” Republic of the Upper Volta, autonomous member State of the Community. 1960 October, “The Republic of the Upper Volta: A Modern Democratic State”, in The Republic of the Upper Volta: Hour of Independence, New York, N.Y.: Ambassade de France, Service de Presse et d’lnformation, →OCLC, page 3:
   • Perhaps the most heartening interlude of the entire program came with the emergency use of the vaccines in the Republic of the Upper Volta, where one out of every five children under the age of 6 years dies from measles. 1963 March 25, Jack Gould, “TV: ‘Taming of a Virus’: Compelling Documentary on Measles Offers Fascinating, Never Dry, Details”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

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