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Country Guides & Maps
| History &
Politics | People &
Culture
Country Guides &
Maps
Burkina Faso Bradt Travel Guide
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Katrina Manson
the Bradt
guide brings to life the many attractions of this stable country which offers a
thriving culture, laid-back cities, and wildlife encounters. The authors help
visitors discover dramatic mask festivals, Fulani horse-dancing, and both the
pan-African film festival in Siao and the craft fair in Fespaco, two of the
largest events of their kind on the continent. The romance of the Sahel desert
can also be explored and information on desert markets, camel safaris, and
secret dune encampments is covered for the intrepid traveler.
The Rough Guide to West Africa
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Jim Hudgens, Richard
Trillo
Covering all 16 West African nations, plus trans-Saharan routes and
Cameroon, this revised edition includes information on the latest political
developments, looks at every national park, and provides practical information
on music, eating and drinking, and accommodation. Includes a useful word and
phrase list for more than 30 languages. 135 maps and plans.
Lonely
Planet - West Africa
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
This guide covers travel in
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
and Togo. Now revised, it features an expanded 32-page section on the region's
culture and birdlife. Listings of places to stay and eat are included for all
budgets and there is comprehensive coverage of contemporary and traditional
music. Language sections and a glossary are also included
Burkina Faso Country Study Guide
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
TGeography, history, people,
language, culture, traditions, economy, government, politics, constitution,
places to visit, info for travelers...
Burkina
Faso (Maps Worldwide)
Institut Geographique National (IGN) -
Folded Map, Scale 1:1 000 000
A tourist map of Burkina Faso with a few
basic street maps.
West Africa
(Maps Worldwide)
Paperback - Lonely Planet Publications
- Country/Regional Guides
This guide covers travel in Benin, Burkina Faso,
Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau Liberia,
Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Now revised,
it features an expanded 32-page section on the region's culture and birdlife.
Listings of places to stay and eat are included for all budgets and there is
comprehensive coverage of contemporary and traditional music. Language sections
and a glossary are also included
Burkina Faso
Country Study Guide (World Country Study) (amazon.com) - USA
by USA International Business
Publications
Burkina Faso Investment &
Business Guide (amazon.com) - USA
by Emerging Markets Investment
Center
This investment guide contains basic information on economy,
business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities, regulations.
Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and
government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and
business travel. Updated annually.
History & Politics
Country Review, Burkina Faso 1999/2000 (amazon.com) - USA
by Robert C. Kelly (Editor), Debra
Ewing (Editor), Stanton Doyle (Editor), Denise Youngblood (Editor)
concise, up-to-date source for political and economic information
Burkina Faso : Unsteady Statehood in West Africa
(Nations of the Modern World. Africa) (amazon.com) - USA
by Pierre Englebert
Introduces
the recent history and current economic and political status of the landlocked
Sahel country named Land of the Men of Dignity. Notes that it is fairly stable
considering the five coups since independence from France in 1960, two wars
with Mali, and support for Taylor's rebels in Liberia. Also reports the lack of
ethnic or religious conflict. (Annotation c. by Book News, Inc.,
Portland, Or.)
Thomas Sankara Speaks : The
Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-87 (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
by Thomas Sankara, Samantha
Anderson (Translator)
A must read for any real African Revolutionary.
Thomas Sankara was a giant among men, One only needs to read this book to see
where Burkina Faso (indeed Africa) could have been today, if only he had been
allowed to live. We learn about the man's vision for all aspects of life;
children, women, economy, governance and the like. A must read for all Africans
and friends of Africa. Mukhtar Dan'Iyan (A reader , October 9, 1996)
Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso (African
Historical Dictionaries, No 74) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
by Lawrence Rupley, Daniel Miles
hi McFarland
People & Culture
Freedom in Fulani Social Life : An Introspective Ethnography
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
by Paul Riesman, Martha Fuller
(Translator), Paul Stoller
This text is based upon the author's two years
of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in
Burkina Faso, western Africa.
Sahel Visions :
Planned Settlement and River Blindness Control in Burkina Faso (Arizona
Studies in Human Ecology) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
by Della E. McMillan
For over
12 years McMillan, an anthropologist working with international aid agencies,
traced how the Mossi people of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) settled
fertile land in the Volta Valley that had became habitable when the disease
called river blindness was controlled. She describes the interplay of
government policy, personal initiative, technological change, and natural
resources, and the fluctuating market for cotton. (Annotation copyright
Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.)
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