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Jun 21, 1922 Toma, Boucle du Mouhoun Region Died on 04 Dec 2006 (aged 84)
Burkinabé historian, politician and writer
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About Joseph Ki Zerbo
- 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.
