Yankasso

Yankasso
Village
Yankasso
Coordinates: BF 12°12′30″N 3°12′02″W / 12.208307°N 3.200519°W / 12.208307; -3.200519Coordinates: BF 12°12′30″N 3°12′02″W / 12.208307°N 3.200519°W / 12.208307; -3.200519
Country Burkina Faso
Region Boucle du Mouhoun
Province Mouhoun
Department Safané
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Yankasso is a village in the Safané Department of Mouhoun province of Burkina Faso. It was the site of a serious defeat of the French colonial forces in December 1915.

Location

Yankasso is just north of Safané and 46 kilometres (29 mi) southeast of Dédougou.[1] As of the 1996 census, the population of Yankasso was 2,012.[2]

Battle of 23 December 1915

In November 1915 there was a revolt in the Black Volta bend against the French. The administrator Jules Brévié arrived at the end of the month to review the situation.[3] On 21 December 1915 a French column left Dédougou led by commandant Simonin.[4] Yankasso was then a large Marka village on the route leading south to Bouna.[5] Simonin suffered a serious check at Yankasso on 23 December.[4] Brévié was present at the battle.[3] The defeat was a political disaster for the colonial forces, since it showed they were not invincible.[5] Within a few days the revolt had spread to the whole of the Volta bend.[6] On 2 March 1916 the French returned and destroyed the village.[1] Most of Burkina Faso was at peace by the end of July 1916.[3]

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