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USA Exhibition : Yacouba Bonde: Bwa Masks of Burkina Faso
Sociolingo's Africa | August 15th 2008 by sociolingo
Via H-Net Network for African Expressive Culture “Yacouba Bonde: Bwa Masks of Burkina Faso” On view through July 11, 2009 A special installation, “Yacouba Bonde: Bwa Masks of Burkina Faso,” showcasing four masks from the perm read more
Thomas Sankara - The Upright Man (1949 - 1987)
Just Me, Afro-Dytee | August 8th 2008
What can I say about this once President of the former Upper Volta Region now known as Burkina Faso? I watched a documentary last night and all I can say is I was moved, disgusted, proud and angry all at the same time!Captain Thomas Isidore Noel Sank read more
My Sisters Are Sponsored. What About Me?
Compassion International Blog | August 8th 2008 by Compassion International
Story and photos by Paul Henri Kabore, Compassion Burkina Faso Field Communications Specialist Little Mariam was still sleeping, although the roosters had already crowed several times. Laid on her mat, she was huddled under her covers; it had rained read more
New DVD: Fulani - Art and Life of a Nomadic People
Sociolingo's Africa | August 1st 2008 by sociolingo
(Please note - links updated for this post) Christopher Roy announces the release of two new videos (DVDs) of the Fulani people. The first, titled “Fulani: Art and Life of a Nomadic People” (84 minutes) focuses on the Jelgobe and Gowabe read more
Food, The Resource We Take For Granted
womanistmusings | July 23rd 2008 by Renee
Today I went grocery shopping with my family. Just an everyday ordinary event that middle class western women do daily. I walked through the aisles filling my cart, not thinking much about this cost of the items. My goal was to pack my ca read more
Expert urges Africa to unite against money laundering
Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terror… | July 9th 2008 by Inonu Akgun ALP
French jurist Eric Legrand and adviser to the Senegalese Justice Ministry Monday urged African states to poll their efforts to better su p press money laundering, noting the move would be enhanced by the training of judiciary, customs and security of read more
OUR PHOTO FOR OUR SUMMER 2008
A THIRD EYE | July 9th 2008 by diego
De repente tiene uno un día de tercer ojo y es capaz de penetrar en pleno en la situación. Ese famoso mirar en profundidad sale por arte de magia y seguros, sin nervio alguno, disparamos la máquina con la seguridad del resultado. El escenario fren read more
52. MOOLAADE (2004)
1001 movie you must see before you die part II | July 7th 2008 by cosmo
Title: MoolaadéCountry: Senegal, France, Burkina FasoYear: 2004Genre: DramaRuning time: 124 min.Directed by: Ousmane SembeneStarring: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoréimdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416991/Director O read more
Burkina Faso: Viaje al Corazón de la Tierra (V) - El Mundo Gour…
Guia de Viajes | July 3rd 2008
Fin de la serie que hemos dedicado a Burkina Faso. read more
Burkina Faso : New World Bank Projects June 2008
Sociolingo's Africa | June 30th 2008 by sociolingo
BURKINA FASO: World Bank Approves US$20 million for Health and the creation of an Engineering Institute http://go.worldbank.org/55KYJFQ750 Burkina Faso: World Bank Approves US$15 million for Basic Education Project: http://go.worldbank.org/2831EMHKL0 read more
Daily Dose of Scam/Spam
Exploring Our Matrix | June 26th 2008 by James McGrath
Today's scam spam not only included "winning the lottery" but a "job offer". As always, I post those items that make it through my spam filter so as to help other people out there who might be gullible enough to fall for one of these scams. None of t read more
Burkina Faso: Viaje al Corazón de la Tierra (I)
Guia de Viajes | June 24th 2008
Comenzamos una serie de vídeos sobre Burkina Faso. Esta primera parte se titula: dioses, animales y hombres. read more
ConQUIZtador - quiz de intrare 24 iunie 2008
Vulpita's blog | June 23rd 2008 by Daniela Popescu
1.Matematică: Care sunt elementele unei funcţii? R. domeniu de definiţie, codomeniu şi lege de corespondenţă 2.Vehicule: Ce este Aprilia RS125? R. O motocicletă 3.Ţară-capitala: Capitala cărei ţări este Ouagadougou? R. Burkina Faso 4.Soli read more
Wess Speaks (Part XI)
Compassion International Blog | June 7th 2008 by Compassion International
If you’re new here, our CEO, Wess Stafford, didn’t write this post, but he did answer the question. We recorded his answer and transcribed it for your reading pleasure. Read all the posts in the Wess Speaks series. What are the first n read more
Burkina Faso: Bloggers
Sociolingo's Africa | June 6th 2008 by sociolingo
Do you visit blogs you haven’t read in a while and then wonder why you haven’t? I picked up a Global Voices Online post via AlertNet, which of course sent me scurrying to Global Voices. Duh! I used to check it regularly, but I guess the e read more
SAHEL: Sahel climate change diary - Day 1 Burkina Faso
Sociolingo's Africa | June 3rd 2008 by sociolingo
Source: IRIN NEWS SAHEL: Sahel climate change diary - Day 1 OUAGADOUGOU, 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - There’s a very academic discussion happening in Europe right now still asking “is the climate already changing” and “is climate chan read more
Burkina Faso: 2 IMF papers 06/2008
Sociolingo's Africa | June 2nd 2008 by sociolingo
Country Report No. 08/168: Burkina Faso: 2007 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Access Augmentation, Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Request for Modif read more
BURKINA FASO: Heavy rains leave hundreds homeless
Sociolingo's Africa | May 29th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: IRIN NEWS BURKINA FASO: Heavy rains leave hundreds homeless OUAGADOUGOU, 28 May (IRIN) - Heavy rains that hit Ouagadougou on 25 May left 542 people homeless, over half of them children, Gabriel Semdé, the provincial director of the governmen read more
African archaeology Burkina Faso: Heritage laws
Sociolingo's Africa | May 26th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: African Archaeology Burkina Faso : > Ordonnance n°85-04/CNR/PRES portant protection du patrimoine culturel > Décret n°85-493/CNR/PRES/INFO portant réglementation de l’exportation des objets d’arts au Burkina-Faso read more
CAPRICHOS DE LA GENETICA
A THIRD EYE | May 22nd 2008 by diego
A Burkina nos hemos ido a trabajar para el Orden de Malta. En su centro de socorrismo en Bobo–Dioulasso el Orden presta también asistencia a los albinos.Los albinos, por defecto genético, carecen de una sustancia natural que da color a piel y ojo read more
Are My Letters Really That Important?
Compassion International Blog | May 20th 2008 by Compassion International
My name is Boer, James Boer. But you can call me Kees, which is pronounced “case.” My middle name is Jacobus, which translates to James. See, I’m Dutch, which means I grew up in the Netherlands, but doesn’t necessarily explain read more
The Award of Excellence for Crafts for Western Africa – Exhibit…
Sociolingo's Africa | May 16th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: OCPA 204 The Award of Excellence for Crafts for Western Africa – Exhibition (Paris, 30/04 - 12/05/200 Organized within the framework of the UNESCO Crafts programme an exhibition of products which received the Award of Excellence for Weste read more
Finding Christ in Burkina Faso
Compassion International Blog | May 16th 2008 by Compassion International
Story and photos By Paul Henri Kabore, Compassion Burkina Faso Field Communications Specialist It was noon when I reached the family’s house. There was too much sun. Rasmata and Aguirata were sitting with their mother, Fati, in the small living read more
Africa food crisis Burkina Faso: marchers protest against high fo…
Sociolingo's Africa | May 14th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: AlertNet Several thousand demonstrators waving empty rice sacks and beating cooking pans marched through Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in a noisy protest against soaring living costs. Read the full story read more
African food crisis Burkina Faso: mixed support for strike
Sociolingo's Africa | May 14th 2008 by sociolingo
Source: AlertNet OUAGADOUGOU, May 13 (Reuters) - Unions in Burkina Faso began a 72-hour general strike on Tuesday to protest against soaring living costs. Banks, schools and some offices closed but businesses, shops and public transport stayed open. read more
FRAGMENTOS DE AFRICA
A THIRD EYE | May 7th 2008 by diego
Vuelvo a Europa vía Francia y me voy otra vez de Paris. Dejo esta ciudad ambigua y su luz que me deja siempre a boquiabierta. Una ciudad donde yo me lleno y vacío de contradicciones. La lucha entre el consumismo y la realidad de una vida verdadera, read more
DESENFRENO CONSUMISTA
A THIRD EYE | May 3rd 2008 by diego
La Vida me lleva de tour y continuas sorpresas. En plena sabana un burkinense nos invita a comer spaghetti con pollo en salsa; en la ciudad una amiga parisina enfila directo hacia el Centro Cultural Francés en pos de la información de una buena piz read more
GENTE
A THIRD EYE | April 21st 2008 by diego
Gente, gente de todas las edades se mueve por las calles, trabaja en el suelo, en todas partes; pero Burkina avanza a pasos demasiado lentos para su población. Un desolado cementerio de religiones mezcladas y pequeños letreros con los datos, confir read more
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