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A few other photos of life in Burkina Faso

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There aren't many places in Burkina Faso that look like this. Mostly it's pretty arid and brown and flat. But a few places are wonderful surprises, such as The Domes, outside of Bobo. This group of new trainee volunteers and their facilitators, as well as a few of us "experienced" volunteers and some staff went on a field trip for a break from training.

August 2001

 

 

 

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Bibata pounds millet in the traditional way to make a local dish called 
tô or sagabo (the spellings, pronunciations, and names vary greatly from region to region). The dish is a sort of paste served with sauces made from different types of leaves. Tô is a culinary challenge for some Peace Corps volunteers, but many volunteers grow to like it and even to prepare it.

*Often a pair of women work together to pound millet or corn in a single container (alternating strokes), creating one of the most memorable rhythms of life in Burkina Faso.

 

 

 

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<A baobab tree is one of the most familiar sites in Burkina Faso. This one is in the Yatenga region, outside of Ouahigouya.

Mangoes grow on trees in Orodaro, the mango capital of the universe !
(in the south of the country, near Bobo-Dioulasso).>

 

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<Molly and Vincent stop at a roadside village between Bobo and Orodaro.

The only bridge I ever saw in Burkina Faso (there isn't much water to cross) was about an hour outside of Bobo.>

 

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<Every year, pilgrims visit the mosque at the tiny village of Ramatoulaye (and its next-door neighbor village of Namissiguima) on the anniversary of the birth of the prophet Mohammed.

A roadside vendor in Yako
(between Ouahigouya and Ouaga)>

 

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<Women on the road outside of Titao

 

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