Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Daytime session at Sherigu Community Library
- La deuxième journée des activités de café littéraire à la bibliothèque de Boni
- Échanges avec la nouvelle gérante de la bibliothèque de Koho
- Reprise des activités de la bibliothèque mobile Pénélope
- Sortie de la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école Sainte Thérèse
- Bonne nouvelle pour les amoureux de la lecture à Niankorodougou
- Bibliothèque communautaire de Zimtenga ! Les livres attendent patiemment le retour des communautés
- Bilan des activités du mois d’août de la bibliothèque de Bougounam
- Bilan des premières journées du café littéraire
- Nyariga community library, daytime activities
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What did Ambassador Mushingi tell Blaise Compaoré? What will he tell him now?
For the future, it would be good to know what exactly were the messages being sent by Susan Rice and Tulinabo Mushingi, because surely this was not the outcome that U.S. policy should have been working for. As a U.S. … Continue reading
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Burkina Faso: President Compaoré’s arrogance and miscalculation not different from any other dictator’s
President Blaise Compaoré looks like he is about to be ousted, as a popular uprising today has led the regime to collapse. Pretty much his own fault. He had numerous opportunities over 2014 to engineer a graceful transition of power … Continue reading
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Amazing footage from Droit Libre TV starting with Benewende Sankara going to Assembly…. and ending…. #Burkina #lwili
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Great summary by Neil Irwin on Quantitative Easing
The era of quantitative easing is almost over, for now, and in the United States, at least. But the consequences of the Federal Reserve’s policy to pump trillions of dollars into the financial system in hopes of stimulating the economy … Continue reading
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A good step by Ambassador Mushingi and the Burkina Faso team at State Department
U.S. diplomats were pretty clear today in disapproval. Of course, the effects depend on how the message was delivered in person, and the hints of consequences to follow if the message were ignored (as seems likely, at this point). The … Continue reading
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Cutie and the Boxer
Watched this after teaching Monday night. I had mixed feelings. The art was not compelling for me, and the artists seemed unable to articulate what they were doing. Or perhaps the filmmaker did not let them. At the same time, … Continue reading
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Alan Blinder’s “After the Music Stopped”…. Chapter 1
For my Macroeconomics class I assigned Alan Blinder’s After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead. I’ll be reviewing the book chapter by chapter in the coming weeks. The very first paragraph of the first … Continue reading
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EIFL partners to launch library training in Uganda
EIFL Electronic Information for Libraries is delighted to announce a joint project with Maendeleo Foundation and National Library of Uganda that will encourage development of new and innovative public library services in Uganda that meet local community needs.The collaboration will … Continue reading
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Ken Opalo provides the right data for Blaise Compaoré’s constitution-change attempt
The right data: Since 1990, 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have had leaders try to rewrite their constitutions to do away with term limits. Seven 64 percent of these leaders succeeded Burkina Faso, Chad, Gabon, Guinea, Namibia, Togo, and Uganda. … Continue reading
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Gene Yang’s The Shadow Hero, illustrated by Sonny Liew
Was it coincidence? Yesterday morning I started to read Gene Yang’s new graphic novel, The Shadow Hero. In the afternoon Sukie and I went to see Raina Telgemeier at The Reading Bee in San Carlos. And there was Gene Yang … Continue reading
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Burkina Faso update – President Compaoré seeks to amend constitution
President Blaise Compaoré, and his political party the CDP (led by Assimi Koanda) announced this week they would seek to amend the Constitution in order to permit President Compaoré to run for another term. Opposition announced big demonstration October 28. … Continue reading
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@goraina and Gene Yang at San Carlos bookstore The Reading Bug… Raina Telgemeier to sign her new book, Gene Yang to get signed copies for his daughters… they were both so nice to Sukie!
Afterwards at home, long discussion about relative merits of various graphic novels.
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When a favoriting can make your day… thanks @goraina
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Jeune Afrique thinks it knows what CDP in planning in Burkina Faso
Rémi Carayol writes that his sources indicate Blaise Compaoré will try on October 30 to have the National Assembly pass by 3/4 majority an amendment to the constitution permitted a second re-election (that is, a third term). Oddly, Jeune Afrique/Carayol … Continue reading
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Solow growth model style discussions applied to China… reversion… convergence… continued growth?
Many of the most bullish forecasts of China’s economic future are based, more or less, on extrapolation. For more than three decades, its economic output per person has been rising at an extraordinary annual rate of 6 to 10 percent, … Continue reading
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National Assembly in Burkina Faso votes to submit change to constitution to referendum
Correction- they voted to put consideration of the question on the agenda, apparently. Still not clear because no news stories have emerged of what exactly was decided today. Apparently after not even a full day of consideration! No hearings about … Continue reading
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Great interview with Cheriff Sy in Burkina Faso
One of the most well-respected journalists in Burkina Faso. He does not mince his words. Completely opposed to Blaise Compaoré’s attempts to revise the constitution to permit himself to run for another presidential term. Il y a une constitution qui … Continue reading
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Blaise Compaoré proposes referendum to revise the Constitution to permit another term in Burkina Faso
If the referendum passes and he wins the presidential elections in 2015, another 5 years term would mean he will have been president from 1987-2010, a total of 33 years. There are two legal obstacles, that I hope the opposition … Continue reading
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Why monetary policy is hard
We are in October 2014, and unemployment already down to 5.9%, a full percentage point below the March 2013 projections. According to the most recent projections available at the time of this response (March 2013) most FOMC meeting attendees do … Continue reading
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