Houphouet-Boigny

Start of "Ivorianess"But when cocoa prices dropped and Houphouet-Boigny died in 1993, his successor, Henri Konan Bedie, sought to capitalize on voter anxiety about a falling economy by speaking out against people whose parents were not born in the country before independence.

Ivory Coast Confronts Issues of Immigrant Identity 2011

"We are all equal," Dikite says, with a hope to return to the prosperity of Houphouet-Boigny.

Ivory Coast Confronts Issues of Immigrant Identity 2011

Dikite says with Ouattara there can be an Ivory Coast as strong as it was under founding father Felix Houphouet-Boigny.

Ouattara Government Forms New Ivory Coast Army 2011

Ivory Coast's first president, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, built the tunnel so he could take refuge inside the ambassador's residence in the event of a coup, said Ivory Coast expert Christian Bouquet, a professor of political geography at the University of Bordeaux III.In an irony of history, Gbagbo is said to have severed the link between the residences shortly after coming to power in 2000.

Ivory Coast leader in bunker vows not to surrender 2011

Founding father Felix Houphouet-Boigny offered work to thousands of West African immigrants as part of his drive to make Ivory Coast the world's largest cocoa producer.

Ivory Coast Confronts Issues of Immigrant Identity 2011

Dikite says with Ouattara there can be an Ivory Coast as strong as it was under founding father Felix Houphouet-Boigny.

Ouattara Government Forms New Ivory Coast Army 2011

Ouattara becomes the president, the fundamental thing he is going to be facing is the issue of trying to reconcile, trying to reconstruct, and trying to rehabilitate those who have been the victims and affected by this long crisis of leadership in Ivory Coast since the fall of President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Mato said.

Analyst: AU Panel Likely Last Chance for Embattled Ivorian Leader 2011

Ivory Coast's first president, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, built the tunnel so he could take refuge inside the ambassador's residence in the event of a coup, said Ivory Coast expert Christian Bouquet, a professor of political geography at the University of Bordeaux III.In an irony of history, Gbagbo is said to have severed the link between the residences shortly after coming to power in 2000.

France rescues Japanese envoy in Ivory Coast 2011

Houphouet-Boigny would be plain old Ufwe Bwanyi but for the French imperialists.

Adultery and Africa 2009

Houphouet-Boigny would be plain old Ufwe Bwanyi but for the French imperialists.

Adultery and Africa 2009