Breakfast

How You Use this Thing, the Phone?

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February 28th 2007
I've been refillling the phone every day or so with credits bought on Celtel phone cards readily available from street hawkers. The phone has come in handy, given the legions of new friends calling and texting and inviting us here and there. The problem, again, is the French language deficiency. The few phrases I've mastered, are ones indicating *how much I will pay for this taxi ride, ... 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