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Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso instilled their current names as the only acceptable names for a long time. Pretty successfully though.

• mometsi 2y ago
  Terrible decision. Upper Volta was the coolest country name on Earth. Who wouldn't tremble before the Upper Voltaic Ambassador?
  • lovich 2y ago
    Sankara was pretty big on breaking with western influences and going back to local culture. The Upper Voltaic Ambassador title was an unfortunate victim of that
  • ithkuil 2y ago
    I wonder if there was a current that offered some resistance to it but was overpowered