Timeline of Ouagadougou

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Pre-19th century

• 11-12th centuries - founding of Wagadugu by Soninke Wangara merchants.[1][2]
• 14th century - conquest of Wagadugu by the Mossi people. According to legend, they were led by Oubri, a grandson of Ouedraogo.[3]
• 15th century - founding of the Wagadugu Kingdom[4]
• c. 1495 - Wagadugu assumes an important position among the Mossi States.[5]

19th century

• early 19th century - Moro-Naba Doulougou converts to Islam, builds the first mosque in Ouagadougou.[6]
• 24 September 1886 - Gottlob Adolf Krause becomes the first known European to visit Ouagadougou.[6]
• 5 September 1896 - Ouagadougou taken by French forces; city burned.[7]

20th century

View of Ouagadougou, 1970s

• 1904 - Population: 4,000 (estimate).[7]
• 1919 - Ouagadougou designated capital of French colonial Upper Volta.[7] Lt. Governor Edouard Hesling begins a large building program.[6]
• 1920 - Population: 19,332.[8]
• 1921 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou established.[9]
• 1932 - Upper Volta becomes part of Côte d'Ivoire; capital moves from Ouagadougou.[7]
• 1936 - Ouagadougou Cathedral built.
• December 1954 - Railway link to Abidjan opens. Population begins to grow rapidly.[6]
• 1955
  • Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway begins operating.[7]
  • Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou (football club) formed.
• 1956 - Joseph Ouédraogo becomes mayor.
• 1960 - City becomes capital of independent Burkina Faso.[7]
• 1961
  • Population: 59,126.[10]
  • Joseph Conombo becomes mayor.
• 1966 - Population: 77,500 (estimate).[11]
• 1969 - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou begins.[12]
• 1972 - Koupéla-Ouagadougou road built.[13]
• 1974 - University of Ouagadougou founded.
• 1977 - Santos FC (football club) formed.
• 1982 - Boromo-Ouagadougou road built.[13]
• 1983 - Population: 307,937 (estimate).[14]
• 1984 - Stade du 4 Août (stadium) opens.
• 1986 - Bobo-Dioulasso-Ouagadougou road built.[13]
• 1990 - AS SONABEL (football club) formed.
• 1991
  • Le Pays newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 634,479 (estimate).[15]
• 1995 - Simon Compaoré becomes mayor.
• 1996
  • Radio Salankoloto begins broadcasting.[16]
  • Population: 709,736.[17]
• 1998 - 28 February: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Ouagadougou.

21st century

Aerial view of Ouagadougou, 2007

• 2004
  • November: Meeting of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie held in city.
  • Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
• 2006 - Population: 1,475,223.[18]
• 2007
  • August: 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships held in city.
  • United States military drone base established at airport.
• 2014 - October–November: 2014 Burkinabé uprising.
• 2016
  • 15 January: 2016 Ouagadougou attacks by militant Islamists occur.[19]
  • Armand Béouindé becomes mayor.[20]
• 2017 - 13 August: 2017 Ouagadougou attack.

See also

• Ouagadougou history (de, fr)

References

1. Kane, Oumar (2004). La première hégémonie peule. Le Fuuta Tooro de Koli Teηella à Almaami Abdul. Paris: Karthala. p. 57-60. ISBN 978-2-84586-521-1. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
2. Page & Davis 2005, p. 176.
3. Page & Davis 2005, p. 177.
4. Britannica, Ouagadougou, Encyclopædia Britannica, US. Retrieved 29 October 2024
5. Page & Davis 2005, p. 131.
6. McFarland, Daniel Miles; Rupley, Lawrence (1998). Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. London: Scarecrow Press. p. 97.
7. Johnson 2010.
8. "France: Africa: French West Africa and the Sahara: Colony of the Upper Volta". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 895–903 – via Internet Archive. Ouaga-dougou
9. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Burkina Faso". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
10. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161. Upper Volta
11. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279. Upper Volta
12. "Western and Central Sudan, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
13. Sweco; Nordic Consulting Group (2003), Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links (PDF), vol. 2: Description of Corridors, African Development Bank and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
14. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
15. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
16. "Burkina Faso: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
17. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2004. United Nations Statistics Division.
18. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
19. "Burkina Faso Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
20. "Mairie centrale de Ouagadougou: Armand Béouindé installé dans ses fonctions", Le Pays (in French), Ouagadougou, 1 July 2016

Bibliography

in English

• Elliott Percival Skinner (1974). African Urban Life: the Transformation of Ouagadougou. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-03095-1.
• Sylvy Jaglin (1994). "Why Mobilize Town Dwellers?: Joint Management in Ouagadougou, 1983-1990". Environment and Urbanization. 6.
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
• David P. Johnson, Jr. (2010). "Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso". In Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337709.
• Stephanie Dos Santos; Thomas LeGrand (2013). "Is the Tap Locked? An Event History Analysis of Piped Water Access in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso". Urban Studies. 50 (6): 1292. doi:10.1177/0042098012462613. S2CID 154333151.
• Antoni Folkers; Iga Perzyna, eds. (2017). Beeker Method: planning and working on the redevelopment of the African City. African Studies Centre Leiden. hdl:1887/47176. ISBN 9789054481607. (Includes articles about Ouagadougou)
• Page, Willie; Davis, R. Hunt, eds. (2005). Encyclopedia of African History and Culture Volume II: African Kingdoms (500 to 1500) (E-book ed.). New York: Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-2917-4.

in French

• R. Deniel (1969). "Croyances religieuses en milieu urbain: Ouagadougou". Social Compass (in French). 16: 101–108. doi:10.1177/003776866901600108. S2CID 144947263.
• J. Tezanou; et al. (2001). "Caractérisation des déchets dans la ville de Ouagadougou". Déchets Sciences et Techniques (in French). ISSN 2268-7289.
• Alexandra Biehler (2006). "Renouveau urbain et marginalisation: Le cas du centre-ville de Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso". Tiers Monde [fr] (in French). 47 – via Persee.fr.
• Julie Vallée; et al. (2006). "Stratification de la ville de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) à partir d'une image panchromatique Spot 5: Une première étape à la mise en place d'une enquête de santé" [Stratification of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) from a Panchromatic Image (Spot 5): a First Step for Health Survey]. Espace populations sociétés [fr] (in French) (2–3): 393–401. doi:10.4000/eps.1851 – via Revues.org.
• Profil Urbain de Ouagadougou (in French). United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2007.

External links

• "(Ouagadougou)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
• "(Ouagadougou)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
• "(Ouagadougou)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
• "(Ouagadougou)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 15 January 2019. (Bibliography)
• "(Ouagadougou)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
• "(Ouagadougou)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
• Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Ouagadougou)". Research Papers in Economics. St. Louis, US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
• "Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso". BlackPast.org. US. 25 November 2014.
• "Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 14 February 2006.