Finishing touches

World Map, Masks, and the Hot Season

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May 4th 2008
The month of April was hot. Very hot every day. There were a few nights when the wind picked up and it seemed to want to rain, but we got nothing but dust storms. When I lay down to sleep at 11 pm, outside of course, the temperature is often around 94 degrees and there is no breeze. Ugh. The artificial lake that was dug in Satiri last year is long dried up. It is now a field of dry, crac ... read more

Africa » Burkina Faso » Hauts-Bassins

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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 res... ... read more