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   Ornella (being@social.ornella.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2025 04:53:40 JST Ornella

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   Also while we are here, fun fact: with 10 successful coups in the last century, Burkina Faso is known for having among the most coups in the world https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coups_and_coup_attempts_by_country

   We are pretty chill about them though

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     Ornella (being@social.ornella.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2025 04:53:41 JST Ornella

     PSA: The demonym for Burkina Faso is Burkinabè

     Burkina Faso is a name made up in 1984 by our socialist, anti-imperialist, anti-colonial president Thomas Sankara. It joins the 2 biggest languages, Mòoré and Dioula, to mean Land of Honest/Upright People.

     There is only 1 demonym, and that is burkinabè. Bè means child in Fulani, another major language. Child of the Land of Honest people.

     Burkinese, burkinabese, or any other demonym is a colonial attempt to dilute our political history.

     carl marks repeated this.