Nazi Boni

Nazi Boni
Monument for Nazi Boni in Dédougou
Personal details
Born	Between 1909 and 1912 Bouan, Bondokuy, Upper Volta
Died	16 June 1969 Ouagadougou, Upper Volta
Political party	Voltaic Union African Popular Movement African Convention Republican Party for Liberty
Alma mater	École William Ponty

Nazi Boni (December 31, 1909, in Bwan, Upper Senegal and Niger – May 16, 1969, in Kokologho, Upper Volta) was a politician from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). In 1948 Boni was elected to the French National Assembly on behalf of the Voltaic Union (UV), and was re-elected in 1951 running on the Economic and Social Action in the Interests of Upper Volta list, although he remained a UV member. In 1955 Boni founded the African Popular Movement (MPA) after a split from the UV.[1] In January 1957, Boni's MPA took part in the founding of the African Convention, a pan-African party that later merged into the African Regroupment Party.[2]

From December 1957 to February 1958 Boni served as President of the Territorial Assembly.[3] In 1959 he founded a new party, the Republican Party for Liberty, in opposition to the attempts to make Upper Volta a one-party state under the Voltaic Democratic Union. Boni was forced into exile in Dakar, Senegal.[1]

In 1962, Boni wrote a novel, Le Crépuscule des temps anciens (The Twilight of the Bygone Days), which explored the precolonial existence of the Bwa people and the Volta-Bani War.[4]

References

1. Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.
2. Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.
3. Official website of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso
4. Gikandi, Simon; Michel Tinguiri (2003). Encyclopedia of African literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 102. ISBN 0-415-23019-5.

• page on the French National Assembly website