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Background: Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens. Recent unrest in Cote d'Ivoire and northern Ghana has hindered the ability of several hundred thousand seasonal Burkinabe farm workers to find employment in neighboring countries.




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Now that school is out, Radhika and I decided to take a trip to Oursi, a village in the Sahel region in northern Burkina Faso. This would be the place we tried to go last summer, when we caught a ride on top of a truck and then got stranded in the middle of the desert overnight because the road was flooded out. This time we brought bikes so we wouldn’t have to rely on slow, rickety trucks for transport. We took a bus from Ouaga to Dori in the morning then hid from the sun for a few hours, ready [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 11th 2008 | 151 Views | [diary=286212]


Back in Bandiagara after the Dogon trek. We needed a day to get caught up on laundry and repacking. We opted to sleep on the roof back at the Hotel Satimbe, rather than the cell-like room, but it was different with the noise of a larger town and more lights. In the courtyard at the hotel we met Adele and Anne-Spohie, both from France. They are travelling separately, on bikes, but have hooked up for this leg of their journeys. It was nice to share the hotel with fellow travellers for a change, we really enjoyed visiting with them, regardless of [View Full Entry]

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Laini with Hassan the Jeweller
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Kerst hebben we in Ouaga gevierd met etentjes bij een collega van CIFOR en bij vrienden. Op kerstavond hadden we een uitnodiging bij Marguerit, de vriendin van Siaka. 2e kerstdag 7:00 uur bus SOGEBAF richting BANI. BANI Het dorpje Bani ligt 35 km onder Dori en staat bekend om zijn 7 moskeen die geheel tegen de regels van de islam niet naar het oosten staan gericht maar naar de grootste van de 7 centraal in het plaatsje. De moskeen maken indruk, hoewel er veel niet meer intact zijn ondanks hun jonge leeftijd van 30 jaar. Helaas is het dorpje een beetje [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 2nd 2007 | 1678 Views | [diary=115520]

Kerst
Bani
Joost en Moskee op de berg