From its foundation as a French colony, the country has displayed a dualism. Today, Burkina Faso is an exporter of cotton, gold, and the traditional shea and livestock. High population densities have also led to large number of migrants to neighboring Gold Coast and Côte d’Ivoire. Smallholder cereal farms and transhuman pastoralism in the north characterize the economy. Although low-income, it made significant contributions to art and culture, notably by hosting the Pan-African Film and Television Festival (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou, or FESPACO) for several decades. General or Comparative Works and Language Policyīurkina Faso is a landlocked country between the Sahel and Sudanic belts of West Africa.Protests Related to the Journalist Norbert Zongo’s Assassination.Land Rights, Earth Shrines, and Modern Law.Other Miscellaneous Anthropological Studies.Guides to Colonial Archives concerning Burkina Faso.
