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The capital city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1930 (lemmy.world)
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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouagadougou#Colonialism

On 5 September 1896 French forces entered Ouagadougou and burned the city to the ground.[12] In 1919 the colonial administration made Ouagadougou the capital of the Upper Volta territory, extensively rebuilding the town. In 1954 the railroad line from Ivory Coast reached the city, spurring massive population growth.[11]

Doesn't really explain the architecture, but it's where the image is from