Extractions: Located 72 miles from Ouaga, in the Southeast country, along the border with Benin. This is Burkina's main game park with elephants, monkeys, lions, hippos, leopards, antelopes and birds. The park is open between December 15 and May 15, with hunting of certain big game until March 15. Hunting of some smaller animals is permitted during the entire period. Permits are required and may be obtained from the Forest and Wildlife Service. Located 65 miles South of Ouaga; in this 150,000-hectare park visitors may see monkeys, wart hogs, antelopes. Since many of the animals formerly populating the area have migrated, a trip to the Nazinga Ranch (Ranch de Nazinga), near Pô and the Ghanaian border, may provide more sightings of elephants and other wildlife.
Burkina Faso burkino faso. International Religious Freedom Report 2004 Released by the Bureauof Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35341.htm
Extractions: The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report, and government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion. Muslims are concentrated largely around the northern, eastern, and western borders, while Christians are concentrated in the center of the country. Traditional indigenous religions are practiced widely throughout the country, especially in rural communities. Ouagadougou, the capital, has a mixed Muslim and Christian population. Bobo-Dioulasso, the country's second largest city, is mostly Muslim. The country has a small Syrian and Lebanese immigrant community, whose members are overwhelmingly (more than 90 percent) Christian. Members of the dominant ethnic group, the Mossi, belong to all three major religions. Fulani and Dioula groups overwhelmingly are Muslim. There is little correlation between religion and political affiliation or economic status. Religious affiliation appears unrelated to membership in the ruling party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress, or any other political party. Government officials belong to all of the major religions.
Extractions: July 24, 2002 Under Secretary for Management Grant S. Green, Jr. presented the annual Foreign Service Youth Awards at a special ceremony today at the Department of State. The Foreign Service Youth Awards recognize Foreign Service teenagers around the world who demonstrate outstanding leadership and make significant contributions to their embassy community, schools, local communities, and service to their peers. Award recipients for 2002 exemplify the talent, commitment, dedication, vision, and volunteer spirit that characterize internationally mobile American youth growing up in overseas communities. Winners receive a $1000 savings bond. Of the 10,000 children living abroad whose parents serve at a US Embassy or Consulate, approximately 30% are middle and high school students. Ten students were nominated for these awards and the three recipients are: First Place Award Winners: One of the first place awards was shared by sisters Anne and Eva Kolker, ages 15 and 13, daughters of Ambassador Jimmy Kolker and Britt-Marie Forslund. Ambassador Kolker is now serving at the US Mission in Ouagadougou, Burkino Faso. The other first place award went to Eric Wanner, 17, son of Colin Wanner and Dale Wanner, now serving at the American Regional Information Management Center in Frankfurt, Germany.
Music Of Burkina Faso - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Unlike most African countries, Burkina faso has not yet had a popular national The Semaine Nationale de la culture, held every two years since 1983, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Burkina_Faso
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OneWorld.ca - Full Coverage: Burkina Faso Community radio meeting in Burkina faso Tyttöjen ympärileikkauksia ei saada kitkettyä Related culture Young students produce films on global issues http://www.oneworld.ca/article/country/854/?PrintableVersion=enabled
Burkina Faso - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Burkina faso is a landlocked nation of western Africa. Formerly called UpperVolta, it was renamed in 1984 by Main article culture of Burkina faso http://www.encyclopedia-online.info/Burkina_Faso
Extractions: Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation of western Africa . Formerly called Upper Volta , it was renamed in 1984 by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Mossi and Dyula, the major native languages of the country. Independence from France came in . Governmental instability during the and was followed by multiparty elections in the early . Several hundred-thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana The capital is Ouagadougou , referred to by locals, the Burkinabé, as "Waga". Burkina Faso Missing image
ANN News: Section: Sports Kenya 31 Mali Burkina faso 0-0 Senegal S. Africa 1-0 Benin Nigeria 0-1 Morroco South Africa Games to be Held in Eastern Cape Sport, Art and culture http://www.africahome.com/annews/categories/sports/
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Kini And Adams To make this film, Ouedraogo went outside his native burkino faso to find apanAfrican The film was co-produced by entities in Burkina faso, Zimbabwe, http://spot.pcc.edu/~mdembrow/kini_and_adams.htm
Extractions: KINI AND ADAMS (1997, Zimbabwe/Burkina Faso, 93 min.), directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo; screenplay by Ouedraogo, Santiago Amigorena, and Olivier Lorelle; cinematography by Jean-Paul Meurisse; music by Wally Badarou; with Vusi Kunene (Kini), David Mohloki (Adams), Nthati Moshesh (Aida), John Kani (Ben), Netsayi Chigwendere (Binja), Fidelis Cheza (Tapera), In English with French subtitles. The Festival committee is proud to open this year's series with our fourth film by Burkinabe director Idrissa Ouedraogo. The film is set in a remote, impoverished area in Zimbabwe (the film was actually shot just a few miles from the capital city of Harare), a region of dry fields and huge granite rocks, where people try to scrape a living out of the thin soil. Yet the land has its own stunning beauty (beautifully photographed by Jean-Paul Meurisse under Ouedraogo's direction), just as the inhabitants have dreams that supersede their poverty, and they have vital, volatile human relationships. Kini has a loving family life with his wife Aida and daughter Bongi, but equally important to him is his friendship with Adams, a confirmed bachelor and dreamer. They have somehow acquired the carcass of an automobile, and the two men spend their days and nights tinkering with it. They have plenty of skill and ingenuity, but little in the way of resources to use to purchase the parts that would actually make the thing run. This does not stop them from spending long hours together, telling each other stories and dirty jokes, weaving their plans of moving to the city, becoming taxi drivers, and living a life of comfort and sophistication. Aida becomes increasingly unhappy with her husband's crazy scheme, which keeps him away from home so much.
African Film Contexts See CIA map of Burkina faso, homeland of director Dani Kouyate. ARTICLES The African Film Festival Addresses the Issues of Struggle and culture. http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/afrfilmcontexts.htm
Extractions: Links and article references for background on African film Contexts for Afrique, je te plumerai for Keita: l'heritage du griot for Yeelen (see also descriptions of COCC 's African film holdings Fespaco (Pan-African Film Festival held biannually in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) Bibliography for further study CONTEXTS for Keita: The Heritage of the Griot LINKS: The Legend of Sundiata
Slow Food - Honoring Quality And Diversity each works to protect and advance some part their cultures agricultural the quality of life for smallfarming families in a region of Burkina faso. http://www.newfarm.org/depts/talking_shop/0104/slow_food.shtml
Community Radio Izcanal in El Salvador and local radio stations in Burkina faso, besides Haiti.In burkino faso, the project of creating six local radio stations was http://www.cddc.vt.edu/knownet/articles/cr-review.html
Extractions: Community Radio: a "most appealing tool for the common man" For over five decades, radio has been the "most appealing tool" for participatory communication and development. It "has always been the ideal medium for change", says a new book on how radio, the Internet and other technologies are helping the poor get a better grip over their lives. Titled 'Making Waves' this 352-page report focuses on how radio stations across the globe are making a difference, often to those who lack other means of communication. It also looks at how other tools are being used for this purpose including computers, the Internet, multimedia, threatre and video. But the largest number of case-studies deal with radio. Twenty experiences of unusual radio stations from across the globe are studied, while in two cases radio has been linked with the Internet, to widen its reach. "Today, any small country in Latin America can count by hundreds the stations, most of them FM, that serve rural or urban communities with content that is appropriate to the local language, culture and needs," comments the report by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, who spent nearly a year researching and interviewing. This report was put together for the US-based Rockefeller Foundation. It suggests that Asia and Africa "are certainly undergoing the same process that Latin America lived through decades ago". Asia provides important examples in the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Nepal, says the study.
Extractions: GetAHelpdesk.com GetAFreelancer.com HForm.com Zwap.to ... Tell a friend Navigation Search Toolbox Cosmetic Contact Lenses ... Post Message Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation of western Africa . Formerly called Upper Volta , it was renamed in by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Mossi and Dyula, the major native languages of the country. Independence from France came in . Governmental instability during the and was followed by multiparty elections in the early . Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana The capital is Ouagadougou , referred to by locals, the Burkinabé, as "Waga." Burkina Faso In Detail Full size National motto : Unité, Progrès, Justice
Festivals Ans Markets In interview Fanta, who is from Burkina faso, admitted that the incident was based on called upon the institutions and NGOs in the sector of culture to http://www.africafilmtv.com/pages/archive/magazines/afm28e/festivals.htm
Extractions: Fousseini Coulibaly (Issa) and Tony Mpoudja (Balla) in Balafola The ancient city of Clermont-Ferrand, set in the heart of France, is home to the largest short film festival in Europe. During one hectic week it showed some 480 films from 50 countries in 10 theatres. The programmes, lasting about 95 minutes, were grouped in categories such as `A glance at South Korea', `Films from Spain', `Sado-Masochism and Fetishism', `Documentaries', and `Specially for Children'. There were two programmes devoted exclusively to Africa, consisting of 13 films, from countries as far apart as Burkino Faso, the Congo and Mauritius. Two African films were particularly interesting for their cross cultural references. Balafola by Mohamed Camara, concerns a young African musician living in France. By chance he discovers his father's will, made years before in Africa, and deliberately concealed, so that the boy would only find it if he fulfilled the old man's wishes by becoming a musician. The will's discovery, and the dramatic effect it has on the young mans life, clearly carry magical undertones. Cultural differences of a very different sort appear in
Foreign Films - African with Sissoko mixing relevant allusions to African history and culture intothe Biblical tale. Mali/Burkina faso/France, 1995, 93 mins. Videocassette http://www.multilingualbooks.com/foreignvids-african.html
Extractions: Back to: Foreign Films Main Menu Welcome to our foreign films page, featuring foreign movies in video and DVD format in languages from a host of countries. Note: unless stated otherwise, all videocassettes are in VHS and NTSC format, and all DVDs are for players that support Region 1 encoding (United States and Canada) and are in NTSC format. Check our DVD Compatibility FAQ for more information about region encoding, television formats, and other specifications. If you can't find what you need, please email us Special offer: every time you buy three videos, get one free ! Just include the promo code while ordering four videos, and we'll give you the lowest-priced video free. Quick Links Hailed as "one of the great experiences of world cinema" (The Los Angeles Times), master filmmaker Souleymane Cisse's stunning feature is set in the ancient Bambara culture of Mali during the 16th century and follows a young warrior whose growing strength and knowledge force a confrontation with his father. "Conceivably the greatest African film ever made, sublimely mixing the matter-of-fact with the uncanny, this wondrous work provides an ideal introduction to a filmmaker who, next to Ousmane Sembene, is probably Africa's greatest director" (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader). Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes. In Bambara and French with English subtitles. Malai, 1987, 105 mins.
Extractions: Français Contact Us Help Search ... Related Links div align="center"> On March 20, the International Day of La Francophonie was celebrated in Canada and a number of other countries thanks to the involvement of our Canadian missions. The following is a list of some of the ways in which the day was marked, compiled from reports from each of the participating Canadian missions. It includes a wide variety of activities and events (Canadian film screenings, plays, concerts, art and photography exhibits, roundtables, etc.), the scale of which depended on the individual missions' human and financial resources. The number of participating missions is constantly on the rise. We are pleased to underscore the involvement of a number of these missions in countries that are not members of La Francophonie. Canada's Minister responsible for La Francophonie, Mr. Jacques Saada, travelled to Haiti, host country for the official celebrations of the 2005 International Day of La Francophonie, in order to take part in a variety of activities. The Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie, His Excellency Abdou Diouf, presided over these events. Established in Niamey, Niger, in March 2005, La Francophonie celebrated its 35th anniversary this year. Canada is a founding member of this international organization, which today boasts 53 member countries and participating governments, and 10 observer countries.
African Art Explores aspects of Bushmen culture through music, dance, oral history and In Burkina faso, a soul eater is typically a woman who is past child http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjects/africana/alpha.htm
Extractions: Linked to Online Catalog Record Call Number Summary Africa close-up. Egypt, Tanzania Maryknoll, NY : Maryknoll World Productions, c1997. This video will show U.S. children the different ways young people live in other parts of the world. Fifteen-year-old Samah Ibrahim Hussein shows us Islamic life in her neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, along with a tour of the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Nile River. Fifteen-year- old Bernard Bulemela of rural Tanzania, East Africa, tells us about his people's struggle with desertification, tree and water projects, the opening of a new well, and the teaching of Kiswahili at his school. Africa Dreaming San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1997. "Four short films on love from Namibia, Mozambique, Senegal, Tunisia"Container. African Art BBC/RM Associates Co-Production; written and directed by Aminatta Forna. Chicago : Public Media Home Vision, 1995.
Bughouse V4 > Geography Olympics burkina faso slovenia slovakia seychelles costa rica denmark Undaunted by myown ignorance, I decide to culture jam. SO I log in as a good Brit, http://bughouse.neiu.edu/lofiversion/index.php/t951.html
Extractions: Help Search Member List Calendar Full Version: Geography Olympics Bughouse V4 Community Academia jbhalper Oct 10 2004, 05:25 PM It's a quiz, where you get a random set of countries, and try to match their name to their location. Ranking is based on presumed location of the quiz-taker, and then tallied amongst all claiming they live there, so that there is sort of a "which nation knows the world best" kind of thing. Just thought it was interesting. Post my results when i finish. I was able to find australia and germany. Go team! jbhalper Oct 10 2004, 05:29 PM Oooh! Interesting side not, i decreased U.S.A's score by .04%! Hankenstein Oct 13 2004, 02:26 PM OK I figured. I am ready for a quiz. Sure. So I log in as a good citizen of Illinois to take the quiz, and I promptly get a 60%. Decrease overall US score by .02%. Liberia, yeah, I know it is on the west coast of Africa, but not where I clicked. And the Marshall Islands are not where Micronesia is, either. Aparently.
Www.genderbuffalo.org insightful examination of Japan through its art, culture, and social rituals . A boy in Burkina faso thinks Osama Bin Laden is hiding in his village. http://genderbuffalo.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=
