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Articles about Burkina Faso, ordered by date. 
Sabtenga: modernisation knocks on the gates of tradition
Chris Brazier's full interview with François Moné, the village's latest Chief.
Great Expectations
Mariama’s sons are all trying to make their way in the wider world. But how do you explain to Africans that the rich world is now shutting its doors to migrants?
The Perils of Charity
When rich and poor worlds collide, money is inevitably a problem.
Autumn of the Patriarch
The latest instalment in the lives of Adama, his four co-wives and their 26 children.
An Audience with the Chief
Former military pilot François Moné has taken on the traditional role of Chief. He explains how he is using this to pursue the development of the village.
Then & Now
A photographic account of changes over the years in: housing; water; education; health; sanitation; food and farming; technology; and women.
Map of Sabtenga - and 30 years of change in Burkina Faso
How the village has grown - and some facts about how things have changed.
Journey's End
Chris Brazier returns to the village in Burkina Faso that he has visited every 10 years since helping to make a film there in 1985.
Night fever: remembering Burkina Faso and Tom Waits
Chris Brazier returns every decade to produce a New Internationalist magazine on the country. He has produced three magazines and is currently researching his fourth. In this blog, Chris recalls the night he flew into the midst of a revolution and discovered he had made a serious error.
Golden goal for child miners in Burkina Faso
Child miners are finding an unlikely escape from goldmines, through football, writes Rebecca Cooke.
The Unreported Year 2014
Stories that didn't make the mainstream media in 2014.
Burkina Faso
Until the beginning of this year, the West African nation seemed like an island of calm in a troubled region. Then everything changed...
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Sabtenga: modernisation knocks on the gates of tradition | African village | January, 2017 |
| Great Expectations | African village | January, 2017 |
| The Perils of Charity | African village | January, 2017 |
| Autumn of the Patriarch | African village | January, 2017 |
| An Audience with the Chief | African village | January, 2017 |
| Then & Now | African village | January, 2017 |
| Map of Sabtenga - and 30 years of change in Burkina Faso | African village | January, 2017 |
| Journey's End | African village | January, 2017 |
| Night fever: remembering Burkina Faso and Tom Waits | Smiley-faced monopolists | July, 2016 |
| Golden goal for child miners in Burkina Faso | Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West | March, 2016 |
| The Unreported Year 2014 | Democracy in the digital era | January, 2015 |
| Burkina Faso | The changing face of masculinity | July, 2011 |