In the late 1990s there were meetings in Burkina Faso of a "Council of the Wise." This was a group of people from different countries and backgrounds who wanted to foster the development of wisdom in African culture.

This is a 2009 list of the 10 most undeveloped/underdeveloped nations in the world.

Was colonization in Burkina Faso a good thing, or was it a bad thing.