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Loving A Place That Names Itself Ouagadougou

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November 13th 2009
Geo: 12.3605, -1.53395We had closed out the Mali portion of our West African Adventure and now needed to make our way to Burkina Faso and it's wonderfully named capital, Ouagadougou (pronounced just as it looks- O-wa-ga-doo-goo, although the it's widely known as Waga). We changed vehicles three times before hitting the border which was driven by no apparent logic but by this time we have ... read more

Africa » Burkina Faso » Centre » Ouagadougou

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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