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
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Reform the the RSP in Burkina Faso! Or, maybe not.
Finally got a chance to read the report by General Diendéré on the RSP. Not sure if lefaso.net has a leaked copy or if it was officially released. The pdf file is missing page 13, but nevertheless the key takeaway … Continue reading
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Amanda Craig on the golden ages of children’s literature
Amanda Craig on the three Golden Ages of Children’s Literature Great article by Amanda Craig in the Independent today. I have never seen such an interesting and comprehensive summary of the history (and present) of children’s literature. Highly recommended. via … Continue reading
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Why are Burkinabè not democrats? Because of the IMF and World Bank, of course!
Vincent Bonnecase at CNRS reflects on the upcoming elections and transition to democracy in Burkina Faso. Lots of interesting thoughts, but at the end I find a kind of reflexive “blame it all on structural adjustment” at the heart of … Continue reading
Burkina Faso and Civilian Control of the Presidential Guard (RSP)
In The Dilemma of Getting to Civilian Control, Dart-Throwing Chimp comments on a post by Alex Thurston at Sahel Blog, summarizing: In a recent briefing, the International Crisis Group (ICG) surveyed that landscape and argued in favor of deferring any … Continue reading
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I hate the phrase “saving lives” and unfortunately this otherwise excellent Boston Review debate is replete with that usage
If you can get past the deadline induced sloppy writing, there is a lot worth reading. It is almost criminal to have this as a topic. A great example of the difference between writing technically (where author and reader share … Continue reading
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Two excellent discussions of Greece for economists…
John Cochrane discusses an oped by Charles Calomiris and Willem Buiter and colleagues at Citi have a sketch of a proposal for breaking the cycle. Time commitment problem, seems to still be there.
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The drachma option for Greece, very simple
Since I am teaching intermediate macroeconomics, yesterday we reviewed what the drachma option was for Greece, very simple version. Journalism and blogosphere seem bifurcated between (1) audience that looks at pictures of crowds in Greece with caption “something wrong” and … Continue reading
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Airport workers try to explain their incompetence to president of Benin…
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Artisinal gold mining in Burkina Faso: Nice short report from Fanny Noaro
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leFaso.net expresses the current opaque tensions well in Burkina Faso
Yacouba Isaac ZIDA Premier miinistre Le chef du gouvernement de la Transition a de nouveau maille à partir avec ses frères d’armes du Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle. Pour la troisième fois depuis sa prise de fonction, le Premier ministre Zida … Continue reading
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Pure snark: He is a doctor who uses a Rotary phone, and wants to put you in a hyperbaric chamber to treat your concussion?
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Wait, Kafando asked Diendéré to head the commission on the Régiment de sécurité présidentielle?
Faut-il dissoudre le RSP ou pas ? Une question qui passionne beaucoup d’acteurs de la scène socio-politique depuis l’insurrection populaire. On ne compte plus le nombre de sorties d’organisations de la société civile réclamant à cor et à cri sa … Continue reading
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Why are Supreme Court justices unable to do basic anthropology?
“The court invalidates the marriage laws of more than half the states and orders the transformation of a social institution that has formed the basis of human society for millennia, for the Kalahari Bushmen and the Han Chinese, the Carthaginians … Continue reading
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I liked “Please Look After Mom”… but now Shin Kyung-sook admits plagiarism
I read “Please Look After Mom” and had intended to blog a few words about it. For me it was hard to know how the novel would read in Korean, but the English translation made it come across as quite … Continue reading
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Short video summary of my research on reading in Burkina Faso
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South African Court Said to Block Sudan Leader’s Departure
Is it finally happening? A South African court issued an interim order on Sunday to prevent President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, the only head of state wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, from leaving South Africa. … Continue reading
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More inflammatory language in Burkina Faso: poor communication or code messages?
En prenant la parole, le vice-président de la Fédération de la région du Centre, Yamba Malick Sawadogo, a salué ses camarades pour cette initiative, car si les élections sont transparentes, la victoire sera éclatante, et il n’est pas question de … Continue reading
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Gosh, just like San Francisco!
“You have groups which are as genetically distinct as Europeans and East Asians. And they’re living side by side for thousands of years.” via DNA Deciphers Roots of Modern Europeans – NYTimes.com.
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Ablassé Ouédraogo sets off a firestorm in Burkina Faso
In an interview with Jeune Afrique he says two of the “assets” he has that will make him a winner in the Presidential elections in October 2015 are… he is Muslim and he is Mossi. And the #lwili sphere now … Continue reading
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Fuckmemories: Michael Cunningham reading Harold Brodkey
Recently on Twitter: In fairness to Jonathan Franzen, has there ever really been a good sex scene? — Michael Schaub (@michaelschaub) May 13, 2015 Michael Cunningham reads “Dumbness Is Everything” by Harold Brodkey suggests the answer may be yes, and … Continue reading
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Michael Kevane 