Workers and Politicians in West Africa: 1945-1960: A Case Study of Burkina Faso: 1945-2015

This review of the colonial era, with emphasis on the international level, provides a comprehensive picture of the general trends and the social, economic and political environment which shaped trade unionism in Francophone Africa. A historical look at the dynamics of the pre-independence period in AOF, this book contrasts the often static events taking place today as West Africa's search for a way out of their current dilemma : where does a nation go now?