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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Measuring local rainfall using cell phone networks… IV for mis-measured rainfall soon to be available!
I take objection, by the way, to burkinés … Sankara would be rolling in his grave… burkinabè please! Gracias a una colaboración con el operador burkinés Télécel Faso, los investigadores han podido tener acceso a valiosos datos sobre la atenuación … Continue reading
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Studying Ebola, Then Dying From It
For me, this was the relevant paragraph. My friends in Burkina Faso are well aware of the implications. Instead, the virus was allowed to escape the first village, and then to spread into four more countries. That missed opportunity has … Continue reading
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Good news from Burkina Faso: CDP and UPC dialogue
Of course, could be a Machiavellian scheme to destabilize the MPP. But if someone does something deliberately to destabilize you, surely you can emerge un-destabilized? Politics is the great game indeed. Au Burkina Faso, le parti au pouvoir, le CDP … Continue reading
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Thanks Air France….
On the flight back today got to watch the 2012 French film Intouchables. Great light comedy with a wonderfully serious subtext about our human condition. And also watched another wonderful movie, Wadjda. So… thanks Air France for having good taste.
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Another day in Ouagadougou
Started out early this morning with a 6k run in the Park Bangreogo, Ouagadougou’s urban park. I felt like the prosecutor character in the French detective procedural Spiral, because Dounko and I talked about FAVL the whole run. Then Dounko … Continue reading
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Four days in Burkina Faso, the report so far
I arrived Sunday night after the IFLA conference in Lyon. Monday morning started early with a run in the neighborhood, Zogona. Everything green. Then long meeting with FAVL staff. Transition of leadership team in Ouagadougou is going smoothly. Went over … Continue reading
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Cyperus esculentus – ncɔkɔn … better than noabga
I picked up a little bag at random in the boutique by our house in Ouagadougou. 5 cents. A nickel bag! Absolutely delicious. The tubers are edible, with a slightly sweet, nutty flavour, compared to the more bitter-tasting tuber of … Continue reading
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uh oh… gotta speak to middle and high school students at International School of Ouagadougou!
ISO librarian Jennie McKenzie was kind enough to invite me to come speak to students at the school. ISO students and staff have in past several years been a huge support to FAVL. So I am super-grateful for the chance … Continue reading
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FAVL creating content: Reading material for children in Burkina Faso
Libraries creating reading material in bf presentation v2 from Friends of African Village Libraries
Freak out attack… maybe in same room as Kate DiCamillo?
So the workshop I am presenting my paper at in Paris at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France is on encouraging youth reading. Kate DiCamillo apparently is going to be at the session for an interview. Now, I’ll be honest and say that … Continue reading
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More on the IFLA conference
See the FAVL posting for links…. An excellent day at IFLA conference. Started in morning with exactly the kind of coffee meeting I love, with Christophe Cassiau-Haurie who has written extensively on BD in Francophone Africa. He’s done a few … Continue reading
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Zéphirin Diabré : « Nous voulons nous installer à Kossyam »
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Reporting on IFLA conference in Lyon
An extract… In the afternoon I went to the Africa section panel on libraries in Africa. Some very interesting talks. For me the presenters on francophone Africa were of course of most interest. Eliane Lallemand from Lire en Afrique, who … Continue reading
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Bad macro news from Europe
This was supposed to be the year that the European economy decisively broke free of its shackles. But after a dismal round of economic growth reports on Thursday, the main question appears to be whether the eurozone will avoid tumbling … Continue reading
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Newton Ahmed Barry fears for his life
These issues are occasionally very complex, and remind on of the Rosenberg case in Guatemala. The killing of Norbert Zongo and his companions in 1998 was the last clear political killing in the country. Newton Ahmed Barry suggests the very … Continue reading
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Great article on Russia-U.S. relations in The New Yorker
At first, McFaul took the attack personally, not yet realizing that he was, for Putin and official Moscow, a mere foil. “The shit that Leontiev put out on me—this haunted me for the rest of my time in Russia. I … Continue reading
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The Middle East – The Darkest Side (Live on KEXP)
Heard this on Air France for a couple years it seems, never knew the band. Beautiful song. They’ve broken up unfortunately.
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Teaching macro: Inequality and growth according to Standard & Poor’s
Economists at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services are the authors of the straightforwardly titled “How Increasing Inequality is Dampening U.S. Economic Growth, and Possible Ways to Change the Tide.” The fact that S.&P., an apolitical organization that aims to produce … Continue reading
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My sister masters Montana writers in The Los Angeles Review of Books
I love her essay! “WHAT WAS FISHING like in Cuba?” This is the very first question directed at Thomas McGuane, even before he has a chance to sit down or take a breath. It comes at him from an eager … Continue reading
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Michael Kevane 