Joseph Ki-Zerbo

1922 - 2006

autorství fotografií: Wikimedia Commons

státní občanství: Burkina Faso

ovládané jazyky: francouzština

škola: Fakulta umění Pařížské univerzity, Pařížský institut politických věd, Minor Seminary of Pabré

povolání: politik, historik, vysokoškolský učitel

ocenění: komandér Řádu akademických palem, Cena za správný život, Mezinárodní cena Muammara Kaddáfího za lidská práva

ve funkci: Member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso

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Joseph Ki-Zerbo (June 21, 1922 – December 4, 2006, Burkina Faso) was a Burkinabé historian, politician and writer. He is recognized as one of Africa's foremost thinkers. From 1972 to 1978 he was professor of African History at the University of Ouagadougou. In 1983, he was forced into exile, only being able to return in 1992. Ki-Zerbo founded the Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party. He was its chairman until 2005, and represented it in the Burkina Faso parliament until his death in 2006. A socialist and an advocate of African independence and unity, Ki-Zerbo was also a vocal opponent of Thomas Sankara's revolutionary government. Source: Wikipedia (en)