Burkina Faso Abolishes Colonial-Era Judicial Wigs to Embrace Cultural Identity

Burkina Faso Abolishes Colonial-Era Judicial Wigs to Embrace Cultural Identity

Burkina Faso has banned colonial-era judicial wigs, embracing cultural identity and advancing efforts to decolonise the nation’s legal system. Burkina Faso’s President, Ibrahim Traoré, has officially prohibited judges from wearing British and French colonial-era wigs, in a landmark effort to…