Volta-Bani War

The Volta-Bani War took place mainly in what is now Burkina Faso, 1915-16. It was a war between an indigenous African army, which at its height mustered 15,000 - 20,000 men who fought the French Army. After about a year, the French Army had defeated the insurgents and executed their leaders.

After the rainy season a group of representatives from around a dozen villages gathered at Bona where they resolved to take up arms against the French occupiers.