Kaboré Bebzinda, better known as Philippe Zinda Kaboré (18 November 1920,

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- 25 May 1947,

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) was a

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of Voltaic origin.

Biography

Zinda Kaboré, the son of a chief of the traditional village Mossi, was a student at Bingerville, Ivory Coast and

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. On 10 November 1946, he was elected, along with

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and

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, as one of the three

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of the colony of Ivory Coast in the French National Assembly. He died a few months later, on 25 May 1947, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the age of 26. Rumor maintained that he was poisoned, but doctors determined that he had a

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Honors

One of the main high schools in Burkina Faso bears his name.

References

1st page on the French National Assembly website 2nd page on the French National Assembly website

Resources

Translated from the article in French Wikipedia.
Official Burkina webpage's biography
(in French) 1920 births 1947 deaths People from Centre-Ouest Region People of French West Africa Burkinabé politicians Union progressiste politicians Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Burkinabé expatriates in Senegal Burkinabé expatriates in Ivory Coast {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub