Nazi Boni
Politician in Upper Volta (1909–1969)
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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).
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Nazi Boni | |
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Monument for Nazi Boni in Dédougou | |
| Member of Parliament of the National Assembly | |
| In office 27 June 1948 – 15 July 1959 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Between 1909 and 1912 Bouan, Bondokuy, Upper Volta |
| Died | 16 June 1969 |
| Party | Voltaic Union African Popular Movement African Convention Republican Party for Liberty |
| Alma mater | École William Ponty |
Biography
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]
