Burkina Faso has added the Haitian Revolution to its national curriculum
Burkina Faso has incorporated the Haitian Revolution into its national school curriculum. The curriculum will cover the 1791 uprising of enslaved people in Saint‑Domingue against the French Empire. Students will learn how the rebels burned plantations and fought forces from Spain, Britain and Napoleon’s army. The change introduces West African pupils to a historic anti‑colonial movement that once shocked Europe.
Burkina Faso has added the Haitian Revolution to its national curriculum. Read that again. A West African country is teaching its children about the revolution that made Europe tremble. In 1791, enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue rose up against the French Empire. They burned the plantations. They fought the Spanish, the British, and Napoleon’s army. In […] The post Burkina Faso has added the Haitian Revolution to its national curriculum first appeared on The Zambian Observer .