Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Sortie d’animation avec la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école B de Houndé
- Ghana librarians do a group reading session
- Organisation d’une séance de mots croisés et d’une séance de dessin à la bibliothèque de Karaba
- Appréciations des livres CMH par professeurs du CEG de Maro
- Animation d’une séance de lecture guidée à la bibliothèque de Karaba
- Animation de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque de Béréba, Burkina Faso
- Encouragement des élèves de l’école Sainte Thérèse de Houndé à la lecture
- Organisation d’une séance de lecture à voix haute à la bibliothèque de Koho
- Visite du coordonnateur et de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque Lumière pour enfants à Houndé
- Une sortie d’animation de la BMP à l’école E de Houndé
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Elechi Amadi Sunset in Biafra
He is such a good writer, his omissions can be forgiven, maybe? I loved reading the book. It is short, sentences are well-crafted, anecdotes from his experiences told with gusto. He experienced awful stuff. But the omissions… I loved this … Continue reading
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Soundtrack for reading about gender inequality in education
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Great Ted Chiang story, “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”
One of my favorite authors. And now he proves he could be writing for Harpers… a science fiction story in the style of an extended essay. And you learn more about how to think about the technology of writing than … Continue reading
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John Cochrane podcast… worth a listen
A nice interview with John Cochrane from University of Chicago on Economic Rockstars. He has good sensible things to say about all sorts of subjects, and you learn he is an avid glider pilot. Wow! Highly recommended, but for me … Continue reading
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Libraries pass the Pritchett postulates of development test with flying colors!
From Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution:. After promoting women’s groups in West Bengal as a route to development a West Bengali woman asked Lant Pritchett: You all are from countries that are much richer and doing much better than our … Continue reading
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The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes
Got The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes from the library after reading a Burkinabè author cite him as an influence. I was like, “Who is this guy?” Fascinating and sad story. The fiction is exactly as advertised: lurid hardboiled … Continue reading
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