![]() ![]() Ivorian President Houphouët-Boigny condemned the union, leading to the West African War in November that year. Before uniting, Sankara also established good relations with Mali. President Sankara modified the anthem he made for Burkina Faso as well as learning English so he could talk directly to his new citizens in the south of the country. In 1990 the two nations united under one flag and one name. Upper Volta was also carved out from Franglican West Africa.įollowing President Sankara's rise to power in 1983 and the renaming of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, relations between Ghana and Burkina Faso grew. In 1967, Franglican West Africa was divided up, giving the new nation of Ghana had nearly twice as much land as the British Gold Coast that came before. West Africa in 1967 after decolonisation. Following the unification of France and Britain in 1941, and World War II in 1943, the Franglican Gold Coast saw envelopment into Franglican West Africa. The Netherlands sold colonies to England for assistance in the war against France, including the Dutch Gold Coast. The British Gold Coast saw an accelerated territorial growth during the "Scramble for Africa" late 1800s. During the War of Devolution, Louis XIV invaded the Netherlands which was previously neutral. Volta was first settled by Europeans in 1482 by the Portuguese, then known as "Portuguese Gold Coast", which was taken by the Dutch in 1598.įollowing the Dutch defeat in the Dutch-Portuguese War in 1661, the Netherlands struggled to become a colonial power like France and England. Volta is an extremely diverse nation with no one ethnic group holding a majority. Originally created as two independent states, Ghana and Burkina Faso united in 1990. Volta was colonised by three separate European empires. Volta is bordered by Azawad, Nigeria, Yorubaland, Ivory Coast, and Mali. Volta, officially the Republic of Volta (French: République de la Volta), is a country in Sub-Saharan West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea. ![]()
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