François Djobi Bassolet (1933- 2 July 2001) was a Burkinabé

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, and cultural leader. Bassolet was the first director of the Agence voltaïque de Presse (AVP) from 1978 to 1981, which was later renamed the "Agence d'Information du Burkina" (AIB). He was one of the founders of the

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(FESPACO), and the

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of the first major post-independence history of the nation.

Selected works

*François D. Bassolet, ''Évolution de la Haute-Volta, de 1898 au 3 janvier 1966'' (1968).

Sources

*Paul Ladouceur. Review article, African Studies Review, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Dec., 1972), pp. 521–527
Quotidien le Pays N°2536 26 December 2001
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