Jean-Baptiste Kiéthéga is an

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeol ...

and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

from Upper Volta, currently

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

. Kiéthéga was born on May 10, 1947, in Yako. He is considered to be one of the first archeologists of West Africa. In course of his career, he was honored with a

Prince Claus Award The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996 and named after Prince Claus of the Netherlands. It is annually subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 1997, the Fund has annually presented the international Prince Claus Awa ...

yet in 1998 for his progressions in archeology. At that time he had trained around 40 young scholars in this field, and has taken care that his research was made public in the academic world, as well as to the public via for instance museums.Prince Claus Fund
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/ref> According to Kiéthéga archaeological research in a developing country like Burkina Faso should not be seen as luxury. He views culture as a dynamic concept. Since 2005 he is a professor at the

University of Ouagadougou The University of Ouagadougou (UO; ) is a university located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Founded in 1974, it was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Ki-Zerbo. The UO consists of seven Training and Research Units (UF ...

Bibliography

*1980: ''L'exploitation traditionelle de l'or sur la rive gauche de la Volta noire : (region de poura - Haute-Volta)'', with Jean Devisse *1983: ''L'or de la Volta noire: archéologie et histoire de l'exploitation traditionnelle, région de Poura, Haute-Volta'', , later reprinted *1989: ''La Recherche archeologique au Burkina Faso'' *1993: ''Découverte du Burkina Faso (Annales des conférences organisées par le Centre culturel français Georges Méliès de Ouagadougou, 1991-1992)'', *1993: ''État des recherches sur la production traditionnelle du fer au Burkina Faso'' *2008: ''La métallurgie lourde du fer au Burkina Faso: une technologie a l' epoque pre-coloniale''. Karthala, Paris,

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Burkinabe historians Burkinabe scientists Living people 1947 births People from Nord Region (Burkina Faso) Academic staff of the University of Ouagadougou Burkinabe archaeologists 21st-century Burkinabe people {{Archaeologist-stub