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Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Organisation d’une séance de lecture suivie de discussion
- Organisation de deux séances de lecture et d’une séance de dessin à la bibliothèque de Koumbia
- La lecture au cœur des esprits à la bibliothèque de Koho
- New library assistant at Sumbrungu Community Library
- Echange avec une usagère au Centre de Lecture et d’Études de Béréba
- Community libraries of Uganda association (CoLAU) updates for May 2026
- Sumbrungu community library packed with readers, Upper East, Ghana
- Organisation d’une séance de lecture individuelle à l’école Sainte-Thérèse de Houndé
- Animation littéraire à la bibliothèque de Boni
- Some photos from Bereba reading center
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Après mai…. nice film by Oliver Assayas on Paris revolt… pretty, if uncompelling unless you are 21
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House of Cards the end
House of Cards preposterous… I stopped watching after this execrable storytelling. En route to his goal, we saw just how ruthless and ambitious he was, culminating in his murder of Peter (the one really shocking moment in the show, although … Continue reading
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Mali: à Gao, l’euphorie de la libération a disparu
Not over yet, perhaps by a long shot… northern Mali before was virtually ungovernable, hard to see how presence of French troops will change that. If Darfur was any lesson at all, it is that UN force can do very … Continue reading
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Sad economics trivia that makes you think….
Richard Lipsey (theory of second best) was married briefly, apparently, to Assia Wevill. Now, second-best that.
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Interesting urban property corruption scandal in Bamako involving Ivoiro-Lebanese businessman
Everyone always mentions how corrupt the ATT regime became in Bamako and that is what led to the disillusion and civic disengagement, and eventually the stunning “fuite” of a sitting president jumping over a wall running away from presidential palace … Continue reading
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