Yeelen ('Light' in Dyula language) was a publication issued from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Press and Advertisers Year Book, Vol. 28. Infa Publications, 1990. p. 362Langue française, Issues 101-104. Larousse, 1994. p. 87 Yeelen was the monthly organ of the ruling Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP/MT).Ludo Martens, Hilde Meesters. Sankara, Compaoré et la révolution burkinabè. Editions Aden, 1989. p. 320Bulletin du Réseau des observatoires du français contemporain en Afrique noire, Vol. 7-9. Didier-érudition, 1987. p. 223 The first issue was published on May 1, 1989.L'état de la presse en Afrique de l'Ouest. Surveillance et défense de la liberté de presse en Afrique de l'Ouest, U.J.A.O., 1989. p. 19 It was published in tabloid format, with issues containing 8 pages. The circulation of Yeelen was some 3,000 copies per issue. Issues of Yeelen were sold for 100 Francs CFA.
Contents mainly dealt with national politics. Prosper Birba was the editor of Yeelen. F. Evariste Ouedraogo served as its commercial director.L'Humanite. AFRIQUE DU SUD: «African Communist» (PC), Norman Levy, représentant à Londres. September 15, 1990
As of the early 1990s, the publication of Yeelen had become irregular.André-Jean Tudesq. Feuilles d'Afrique: Étude de la presse de l'Afrique sub-saharienne. Publications de la Maison des sciences de l'homme d'Aquitaine, 1995. p. 173
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