SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Yacouba Sawadogo

1946 - 2023

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Yacouba Sawadogo (1946 – 3 December 2023) was a Burkinabé farmer and agronomist who successfully used a traditional farming technique called zaï to restore soils damaged by desertification and drought. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yacouba Sawadogo has received more than 121,568 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yacouba Sawadogo is the 430th most popular social activist, the 9th most popular biography from Burkina Faso and the most popular Burkinabe Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

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  • 49.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Yacouba Sawadogo ranks 430 out of 840. Before him are Afeni Shakur, Leonard Peltier, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Leona Vicario, and Malala Yousafzai. After him are Ōsugi Sakae, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Surya Sen, Lester R. Brown, Anna Louise Strong, and Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Yacouba Sawadogo ranks 422. Before him are Luis Puenzo, Ahmed Rami, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Jack Horner, Don Schollander, and Goyo Benito. After him are Vladimir Solovyov, Sue Townsend, Daniela Hodrová, Rafik Schami, Zsuzsa Koncz, and Karina. Among people deceased in 2023, Yacouba Sawadogo ranks 362. Before him are Fay Weldon, Gordon Lightfoot, Juan Carlos Sarnari, Francis Lee, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, and Charles W. Misner. After him are Annie Wersching, Maurizio Costanzo, Richard Moll, Simone Segouin, Janusz Gortat, and Waldemar Victorino.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo ranks 9 out of 49. Before him are Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Michel Kafando (1942), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Saye Zerbo (1932), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), and Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942). After him are Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (1981), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), and Ibrahim Traoré (1988).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Burkina Faso

Among social activists born in Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo ranks 1. 

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