I found a great description of my new home written by Lonely Planet.
Between Sahelian empires and coastal kingdoms, between Muslim and animist Africa, between Saharan desertscapes and southern waterfalls, Burkina Faso weaves many of Africa's diverging strands into a fascinating and thoroughly seductive fabric. In the markets, turbaned traders on camels mix with farmers on donkey-drawn carts in a colourful swirl of diverse ethnic groups. The Burkinabe are descended from a long line of regal emperors who have suffered the plebeian indignities of colonialism and blackbirding, but this has only served to strengthen and preserve their cultural identity.
This was from The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World. I absolutely love this book and would recommend it to anyone that is fascinated with travel and culture. Its a big coffee table book with several pictures and descriptions for every country and even some places that aren't independent nations.
Between Sahelian empires and coastal kingdoms, between Muslim and animist Africa, between Saharan desertscapes and southern waterfalls, Burkina Faso weaves many of Africa's diverging strands into a fascinating and thoroughly seductive fabric. In the markets, turbaned traders on camels mix with farmers on donkey-drawn carts in a colourful swirl of diverse ethnic groups. The Burkinabe are descended from a long line of regal emperors who have suffered the plebeian indignities of colonialism and blackbirding, but this has only served to strengthen and preserve their cultural identity.
This was from The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World. I absolutely love this book and would recommend it to anyone that is fascinated with travel and culture. Its a big coffee table book with several pictures and descriptions for every country and even some places that aren't independent nations.
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