Collectif Norbert
Zongo France (http://www.francophonie.gov.bf/)
In French. Independent organization of journalists and editors.
Committee to Protect
Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/attacks99/africa99/Burkina.html)
Nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in New York; presents 1999 report on
events in Burkina Faso related to assassination of newspaper editor/journalist.
Contemporary
Africa Database -- Burkina Faso (http://www.africaexpert.org/nav/countries/country5.html)
Database searchable by subject category or personal name; provides some information
on Burkina Faso editors, journalists, writers, dancers and choreographers, etc.
Based in London.
Edukafaso (http://www.edukafaso.org/)
In English and French. Nonprofit organization in Paris providing financial assistance,
school supplies, library materials, etc. to elementary school-age children in
Burkina Faso, especially to girls and rural schoolchildren in general.
Ethnologue -- Burkina
Faso (http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Burk.html)
Gives number of speakers, dialects, linguistic affiliation; also has a linguistic
map.
Kevane, Michael - Academic
Papers (http://lsb.scu.edu/%7Emkevane/mkpapers.htm)
Provides full text papers on labor, households, land rights, and land tenure
status of women; written and maintained by member of the faculty of Santa Clara
University (CA) Department of Economics.
Kuba, Richard and Carola
Lentz - "The Dagara and Their Neighbors (Burkina
Faso and Ghana)" from the Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography (http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/7/index.html)
877 bibliographic entries consisting of books, journal articles, theses, and
book chapters, in English, French, German or Italian, on such diverse topics
as economy, society, language, literature, and history.
Laafi (http://www.laafi.com/)
Extensive site for primary education includes mission statement, letters and
articles, objectives, history, opportunity for participation in forum; numerous “albums” of
photographs.
Mission Possible: Work
among the Mossi of West Africa (http://www.byhisgrace.com/mossi/Default.htm)
Observations of Southern Baptist missionaries on the family, social and economic
structures in Burkina Faso, especially the Mossi.
Musée Virtuel du Burkina Faso (http://www.musee.bf/bf1.htm)
Canadian Museum of Civilization site; includes page on Burkina Faso, collection
of masks, with extensive descriptions; text in French only; English is not yet
available.
Roy, Christopher
- Village Activities (Streaming Content) (http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eafricart/streaming%5Fcontent.html)
Nine videos of diverse village activities in Burkina Faso, including making pottery,
mask dance, initiation. Produced by professor of art and art history , University
of Iowa.
Roy,
Christopher D. - The Art of Burkina Faso (http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eafricart/Art%20of%20Burkina%20Faso.html)
Full text of a book by Roy, Professor of Art History, University of Iowa. Topics
include: Demography, History, the Mossi (Masks, Figures, Dolls, Zazaido crests),
Gurunsi Masks, Bwa Masks, Bobo Masks, the Marka Dafing, Furniture, Pottery, Jewelry,
Weaving, a cross-cultural comparative stylistic summary of mask styles, and a
bibliography.
Sottiaux, Marie-Paule
- "Trois Semaines au Burkina Faso" (http://almin01.info.fundp.ac.be/burkina/bhome.htm)
In French. Photographs, journal entries describing 1996 volunteer agricultural
experiences.
Theodora. com: Flag
of Burkina Faso (http://www.theodora.com/flags/burkina%5Fflags.html)
Flag and map images in several sizes; links to overviews on Burkina Faso geography,
people, government, economy, transportation, communications, and defense.
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) -- Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) -- FEWS
NET Centers. (http://www.fews.net/centers/)
“The Goal of the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET) is to strengthen
the abilities of African countries and regional organizations to manage threats
of food security through the provision of timely and analytical early warning
and vulnerability information.” |