Joseph ki zerbo biography definition
Joseph ki zerbo biography definition
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Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Burkinabé historian, politician and writer
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.
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A socialist and an advocate of African independence and unity, Ki-Zerbo was also a vocal opponent of Thomas Sankara's revolutionary government.
Early life
Ki-Zerbo was born in Toma in the province of Nayala, in what was, at that time, the French colony of Upper Volta.
He was the son of Alfred Diban Ki-Zerbo and Thérèse Folo Ki.[1] His father is considered to be the first Burkinabé Christian.[2]