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LesÉléphants - 10/Mar/2011 08:17 - 5152 days ago
Last weekend we had the opportunity to visit the Deux Balés National Park. Thought to contain an elephant population of around ...
LesÉléphants - 10/Mar/2011 08:17 - 5152 days ago
Last weekend we had the opportunity to visit the Deux Balés National Park. Thought to contain an elephant population of around ...
Drums - 08/Mar/2011 08:57 - 5154 days ago
Percussion forms the basis of music making in Burkina. Drums are used in daily life, to signal a journey or a return from the fi...
Drums - 08/Mar/2011 08:57 - 5154 days ago
Percussion forms the basis of music making in Burkina. Drums are used in daily life, to signal a journey or a return from the fi...
Music in Burkina Faso - 07/Mar/2011 06:40 - 5155 days ago
In Burkinabé society the function of musical instruments goes beyond the mere sounds they make. The instrument and its notes ca...
Music in Burkina Faso - 07/Mar/2011 06:40 - 5155 days ago
In Burkinabé society the function of musical instruments goes beyond the mere sounds they make. The instrument and its notes ca...
Everyday Burkinabé Objects: The ubiquitous plastic teapots. - 05/Mar/2011 06:13 - 5157 days ago
In West Africa you find these infamous colourful plastic teapots everywhere. Each household, restaurant, workplace and mosque ha...
Everyday Burkinabé Objects: The ubiquitous plastic teapots. - 05/Mar/2011 06:13 - 5157 days ago
In West Africa you find these infamous colourful plastic teapots everywhere. Each household, restaurant, workplace and mosque ha...
Gaoua - 04/Mar/2011 09:20 - 5158 days ago
In early October last year Helen, Natalie, Benoit and I headed to the south of Burkina to explore the Lobi country. We spent thr...
Gaoua - 04/Mar/2011 09:20 - 5158 days ago
In early October last year Helen, Natalie, Benoit and I headed to the south of Burkina to explore the Lobi country. We spent thr...
Banfora - 26/Jan/2011 07:58 - 5195 days ago
One weekend in early November we were fortunate to have the opportunity to visit Banfora with friends, Stephan & Neusa and t...
Banfora - 26/Jan/2011 07:58 - 5195 days ago
One weekend in early November we were fortunate to have the opportunity to visit Banfora with friends, Stephan & Neusa and t...
Koumi - 24/Jan/2011 06:41 - 5197 days ago
One Sunday in October a group of us went to visit the village of Koumi, a small traditional Bobo village not far from Bobo-dioul...
Koumi - 24/Jan/2011 06:41 - 5197 days ago
One Sunday in October a group of us went to visit the village of Koumi, a small traditional Bobo village not far from Bobo-dioul...
Dafra - 23/Jan/2011 12:39 - 5198 days ago
The same day we visited the village of Koro we made a second stop. This time it was to visit the sacred fish pools of dafra (Bob...
Dafra - 23/Jan/2011 12:39 - 5198 days ago
The same day we visited the village of Koro we made a second stop. This time it was to visit the sacred fish pools of dafra (Bob...
Koro - 22/Jan/2011 10:22 - 5199 days ago
One Sunday along with Thales (a VSO volunteer visiting Bobo for the weekend) we went to visit the village of Koro. Koro is a sma...
Koro - 22/Jan/2011 10:22 - 5199 days ago
One Sunday along with Thales (a VSO volunteer visiting Bobo for the weekend) we went to visit the village of Koro. Koro is a sma...
Early New Year’s Wishes&Belated Merry Xmas - 28/Dec/2010 07:07 - 5224 days ago
I would just like to wish all my friends and family in NZ, Australia, Quebec, UK, Europe & here in Burkina Faso a happy, hea...
Early New Year’s Wishes&Belated Merry Xmas - 28/Dec/2010 07:07 - 5224 days ago
I would just like to wish all my friends and family in NZ, Australia, Quebec, UK, Europe & here in Burkina Faso a happy, hea...
Work - 25/Oct/2010 11:49 - 5288 days ago
I have been working for a few weeks now here in Burkina. For those that do not know, I am working at an HIV screening clinic whe...
First week in Bobo - 01/Oct/2010 10:33 - 5312 days ago
Arriving in Bobo for the second time we were feeling quite helpless, it’s no easy feat to do anything in this country at first...
Photos: Week One - 25/Sep/2010 14:11 - 5318 days ago
A few photos from the first week in Ouagadougou....
Books - 23/Sep/2010 09:32 - 5320 days ago
Since leaving Montreal a month ago I have found myself with a little more spare time to devote to reading. Along with a couple o...
Next stop Burkina Faso - 21/Sep/2010 09:13 - 5322 days ago
With our two fabulous weeks in Paris unfortunately coming to an end on Thursday 2nd September it was time to make our way to B...
Time for an update–13 days to go…. - 04/Aug/2010 12:20 - 5370 days ago
Ok, after a bit of a blogging/Burkina Faso preparation break while I had the lovely distraction of my parents visiting for 5 wee...
Burkina Faso: Protecting the Environment by Profiting from Garbage - 08/Jun/2010 11:02 - 5427 days ago
Burkina Faso’s first plastic recycling centre is paving the way for a new kind of development project. This centre was the bra...
Burkina Faso: History - 03/Jun/2010 00:50 - 5432 days ago
Burkina Faso is home to more than 60 ethnic groups, each speaking its own language. Some of these peoples, such as the Bobo, Bis...
Flights Confirmed - 02/Jun/2010 00:26 - 5433 days ago
Our flights are now booked & we luckily get a two-week stopover in Paris en route. As this will be my first time in Paris (a...
Blogs of Life in Burkina Faso - 01/Jun/2010 00:12 - 5434 days ago
I have been following with intrest the blogs of a few current CUSO-VSO volunteers in Burkina Faso. Their blogs provide great i...
CUSO-VSO’s Volunteer Financial Support - 31/May/2010 10:48 - 5435 days ago
While our CUSO-VSO placements are “volunteer” placements, CUSO-VSO provides financial support to cover the majority ...
Videos of Life in Burkina Faso - 28/May/2010 01:07 - 5438 days ago
Here are a couple of videos created by volunteers and expats living in Burkina Faso: Driving through Bobo-Dioulasso: the city I ...
Housing - 27/May/2010 00:16 - 5439 days ago
All CUSO-VSO’s Burkina Faso volunteers are provided housing with a minimum of the following: bed with mattress, small stud...
Burkina Faso: The People“Les Burkinabés” - 26/May/2010 11:41 - 5440 days ago
Burkina Faso’s 15.2 million people (2008) belong to two major West African cultural groups–the Voltaic and the Mande...
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