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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House of Cards the end
House of Cards preposterous… I stopped watching after this execrable storytelling. En route to his goal, we saw just how ruthless and ambitious he was, culminating in his murder of Peter (the one really shocking moment in the show, although … Continue reading
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Mali: à Gao, l’euphorie de la libération a disparu
Not over yet, perhaps by a long shot… northern Mali before was virtually ungovernable, hard to see how presence of French troops will change that. If Darfur was any lesson at all, it is that UN force can do very … Continue reading
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Sad economics trivia that makes you think….
Richard Lipsey (theory of second best) was married briefly, apparently, to Assia Wevill. Now, second-best that.
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Interesting urban property corruption scandal in Bamako involving Ivoiro-Lebanese businessman
Everyone always mentions how corrupt the ATT regime became in Bamako and that is what led to the disillusion and civic disengagement, and eventually the stunning “fuite” of a sitting president jumping over a wall running away from presidential palace … Continue reading
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L’Harmattan Burkina
The other day I met with Hermann Some director of L’Harmattan Burkina. They have a nice little bookstore and office on Ave. Mouamar Kaddafi (!) after the echangeur on the left. Great selection of books, and he has published several … Continue reading
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Ethnic tension and warlord dynamics – settling accounts in northern Mali
Given the 20 year history of massacres and killings in the region, economic incentives to control power, huge escalation in weaponry over last year, and disarray in Malian army, it seems too much to think that suddenly there would be … Continue reading
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It’s that time again…. Summer reading camps in Burkina Faso
FAVL is starting to plan the 6th edition of the summer reading camps here in Burkina. We’re hoping to be able to invite 25 kids from all of the libraries (including the newly opened 12th library in Ouargaye), for a … Continue reading
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Africom sees return to 2011 as realistic?
Speech by General Carter Ham. (HT Sahel Blog). Seems like they should be aiming for something more enduring than a return to what was, in hindsight, a terribly unstable situation. “Realistically, we would all like to see the elimination of … Continue reading
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Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé est à Ouagadougou
I came to Ouagadougou and finally met a celebrity! He was really nice. Dans le cadre de l’évènement « Ouagadougou International Dance Festival (OIDF) », qui se tient du 19 au 26 janvier 2013, Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé, … Continue reading
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Politics in Burkina Faso
After four days of short conversations with people here and there, seems like the “consensus” position among elites is that Zepherin Diabre’s UPC ascent has really challenged the CDP, and the restructuring that has been happening has meant there is … Continue reading
First day in Ouagadougou
I had a good long meeting with Donkoui Koura and Dounko Sanou, FAVL representative and FAVL regional coordinator in Burkina Faso. We talked a lot about our micro-book project, and how we might move forward with the Rotary project for … Continue reading
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Why did France intervene last week in Mali?
Someday we will know the insider story, but my only hypothesis, really, is that some analyst suddenly realized that the Islamists could come all the way to Bamako (in one day, as did JEM in 2008 in Omdurman and also … Continue reading
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Mali and Colonne Voulet-Chanoine
Mali was launching pad for the infamous French foray into Sahelian Africa…. here’s a repost from this past June. I am sure the book and movie are doing very well right now. Despite the ridiculous (truly!) cover this novelization of … Continue reading
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And fodder for conspiracy theories can be found at the bottom of every river
At the same time, the crash in Mali has revealed some details of the commandos’ clandestine activities that apparently had little to do with counterterrorism. The women killed in the wreck were identified as Moroccan prostitutes who had been riding … Continue reading
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First Campaoré, now uranium in Nigeria
The list of misspellings and lazy deadline-induced must-have-story-now inaccuracies is stunning…. all a repeat of Mamdani’s 999 mistakes when writing about Darfur…. The latest … OK maybe was just some kid who didn’t know there are actually two countries with … Continue reading
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Pourquoi l’ADF/RDA n’est pas dans le gouvernement
Lefaso.net starts its own reporting…. nice insider info from Joachim Vokouma: Après recoupements de plusieurs sources, Lefaso.net est en mesure de révéler certains « détails » qui ont fait capoter les discussions. Dès la reconduction du premier ministre, les tractations … Continue reading
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Mali “analysis”: Foutaise
Well I learned the word from Bejot and I want to keep using it. But really, go back and look at the blogosphere, and the writing on Mali is exactly the same as the writing on Darfur back in 2004. … Continue reading
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Michael Kevane 