Nazi Boni (December 31, 1909, in Bwan, Upper Senegal and Niger – May 16, 1969, in Kokologho, Upper Volta) was a politician from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). In 1948 Boni was elected to the French National Assembly on behalf of the Voltaic Union (UV), and was re-elected in 1951 running on the Economic and Social Action in the Interests of Upper Volta list, although he remained a UV member. In 1955 Boni founded the African Popular Movement (MPA) after a split from the UV.[1] In January 1957, Boni's MPA took part in the founding of the African Convention, a pan-African party that later merged into the African Regroupment Party.[2]
Nazi Boni | |
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,reading_D%C3%A9dougou,BF_thu05mar2015-1032h.jpg) Monument for Nazi Boni in Dédougou | |
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| Born | Between 1909 and 1912 Bouan, Bondokuy, Upper Volta |
| Died | 16 June 1969 Ouagadougou, Upper Volta |
| Political party | Voltaic Union African Popular Movement African Convention Republican Party for Liberty |
| Alma mater | École William Ponty |
From December 1957 to February 1958 Boni served as President of the Territorial Assembly.[3] In 1959 he founded a new party, the Republican Party for Liberty, in opposition to the attempts to make Upper Volta a one-party state under the Voltaic Democratic Union. Boni was forced into exile in Dakar, Senegal.[1]
In 1962, Boni wrote a novel, Le Crépuscule des temps anciens (The Twilight of the Bygone Days), which explored the precolonial existence of the Bwa people and the Volta-Bani War.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.
- ^ Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.
- ^ Official website of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso
- ^ Gikandi, Simon; Michel Tinguiri (2003). Encyclopedia of African literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 102. ISBN 0-415-23019-5.
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