![]() ![]() Upper Volta became an autonomous state in the French Community in 1959 and achieved complete independence in 1960. When Ouezzin died unexpectedly in 1958, Yameogo maneuvered himself into the governmental leadership and was named president by the assembly. Ouezzin's position was threatened in late 1957 when the MDV and some former PSEMA members bolted from the coalition, but in early 1958 Maurice Yameogo led some deputies from the MDV into the PDU, supporting the government. After the 1957 election, the PDU formed a coalition with the MDV, and Ouezzin Coulibaly gained control of the territorial assembly, whose powers had expanded because of reforms following the French Overseas Reform Act. The PDV-RDA entered an alliance with the PSEMA to form the PDU. A fourth party, the Mouvement Démocratique Voltaique (MDV), also had Mossi support in the north. The party split into the Mouvement Populaire de 1'Evolution Africaine (MPEA), based in the west, and the Parti Social de l'Education des Masses Africaines (PSEMA), based in the east and backed by the Mossi leader, the Moro Naba. In the same year, the Mossi formed the Union Voltaique, a traditionalist party favored by the French, who hoped to suppress the PDV.īy 1954, the French had relaxed their opposition to the PDV-RDA, and the Mossi party began to disintegrate because of personal differences among the leadership. Pressures for independence were stimulated by the Parti Démocratique Voltaique (PDV), founded by Oeuzzin Coulibaly in 1948 as a section of the interterritorial Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (RDA). ![]() After World War 11, the Mossi pressed for recognition of Upper Volta as a separate territory, and the French granted this status in 1947. The French maintained the area as a colony from 1896 to 1932, when administration was divided among some of the surrounding colonies. The Mossi, however, accepted French rule for the advantages of protection against warring neighbors. The land now known as Upper Volta was traditionally dominated by the powerful Mossi tribe, who successfully resisted being conquered by Muslim invaders and preserved their animist beliefs although surrounded by Muslim influences. (Text as published in 1980 citation above) Political Parties: A Cross-National Survey Impacts of the Akosombo Hydroelectric Project - environmental and human health issues from the Akosombo Dam and Lake Volta.Party politics in Upper Volta, 1950-1962 Path: ICPP > ICPP1980 > Listof Countries -> UpperVolta Kenneth Janda."River of return" (perhaps because it was where ships turned around and headed for home) or “river of the bend”, in reference to its curved course. It was their farthest extent of exploration before returning ( volta is Portuguese for "twist" or "turn"). The Volta River was named by Portuguese gold traders in Ghana. The Volta River is crossed by the Adome Bridge just below the Akosombo Dam. The depth of the river is about 45 feet (14 m) below Lake Volta. It is a resource for irrigation and fish farming. The dam's power plant generates electricity for the Volta River Authority, and the reservoir also provides water transport routes. It extends from the Akosombo Dam in southeastern Ghana to the town of Yapei in the Central Gonja District, Northern Region of Ghana, some 400 kilometres (250 mi) to the north. It is one of the largest reservoirs in the world. ![]() Lake Volta is a reservoir impounded by the Akosombo Dam on the lower Volta River in southern Ghana. The country of Burkina Faso was formerly called Upper Volta, after the river. Volta was named by the Portuguese, meaning twist or turn. The reservoir named Lake Volta stretches from Akosombo Dam in the south to the northern part of the country, and is the largest man-made reservoir by area in the world. The Volta River has been dammed at Akosombo for the purpose of generating hydroelectricity. It has a smaller tributary river, the Oti, which enters Ghana from Togo in the east. The Volta flows southward along the Akwapim-Togoland highlands, and it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Guinea at Ada Foah. In the northwest, the Black Volta forms the international borders between the Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. ![]()
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