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: October 2015
Corruption in Burkina Faso: Finally a case proceeds…. but in the United States!
Public procurement was always the place where everyone supposed the Compaoré clan was enriching itself. Now there is finally a case that might open the door to some jail time and real punishment. As far as I am aware, none … Continue reading
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Dakar-based photographer Fabrice Monteiro…
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Springsteen’s monologue in Lou Reed’s Street Hassle
When I was 16, I listened to Street Hassle obsessively. On headphones of course because certain lines would have been very embarrassing if my siblings had heard them. I was transported from my humdrum life as a sheltered upper class … Continue reading
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Marlon James on his Booker-winning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings
The novel is set in Jamaica and re-tells, through fiction, the attempted killing of Bob Marley in 1976. Great podcast interview in The Guardian. Here is the link.
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Wonderful, inspiring video story of Ecuadorian immigrant to NYC who ran in the 2014 marathon
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Feedback to university administrators
I have to start a new category on my blog, because I got appointed to a task force here at Santa Clara that will recommend a process for soliciting and presenting feedback from faculty to top administrators (President, Provost and … Continue reading
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Finally some common sense changes to constitution of Burkina Faso
Way overdue. Will eliminate possibility of changing two-term limit, and will eliminate clauses referring to Senate, which was never implemented, and that was clearly intended to be a mechnism for entrenching ex-regime loyalists and ex-regime legal political power. Conseil national … Continue reading
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Reasons to be glad to not be in cultural studies: “Feast of the Mau Mau” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
I was listening to my local college radio station today and they played on their blues show “Feast of the Mau Mau” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. I suppose playing it now was intended, given Screamin’ Jay Hawkins career, as a … Continue reading
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This House is Not for Sale by E.C. Osondu
I read This House is Not for Sale by E.C. Osondu over the weekend. It is a collection of vignettes, organized around the conceit of “Grandpa’s house” on the outskirts of (maybe) Lagos, where misfits and miscreants share a common … Continue reading
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Tiling or splitting the do-file editor in Stata
Lots of times in Stata you want to have two or more do files open at the same time, and you do not want to keep adding new do file editor windows. You want to split or tile the editor. … Continue reading
The Martian (the movie) by Ridley Scott
Everyone who knows me knows I have strong philosophical objections to corporate movie-making (where a large committee is making decisions in order to maximize revenue). Why waste my time when there are so many books to read, and auteur movies … Continue reading
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A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
After enjoying Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, I was hoping A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, which is similarly pitched, would be a good read. Unfortunately it was not… basically written at the Lightning Thief-level, so fine for … Continue reading
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What if they called a war in Burkina Faso, and no soldiers died?
General Gilbert Diendéré’s coup attempt that started September 16 and ended with his presidential guard unit disbanded and himself in jail has produced some head-scratching. What happened was the regular armed forces after several days finally decided not to support … Continue reading
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Not the best audio quality… Trembling Bells is definitely on my list of “Bands so much like Incredible String Band it is uncanny”
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Levitt is a really good storyteller… I want him at my campfire! (start at the 5 min mark)
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Michael Kevane 