Fidel Castro’s ‘moral armour’ and courage under fire
In one of the videos of Fidel Castro that have been circulating since the revolutionary leader’s death, a reporter is accompanying Fidel on the plane trip to New York, where […]
Category Archives: Burkina Faso
The many claimants to the political legacy of Thomas Sankara
(Last in a series based on a visit to West Africa in December and January) At various locations in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, there are monuments to the achievements […]
Agricultural workers and gold miners in Burkina Faso
Notes from a visit to West Africa in January 2015. Fourth article in a series. In the savannah regions of northern Ghana, Togo, and Benin, and southern Burkina Faso, most of […]
The Sahel, the desert, and Tuareg refugees in Burkina Faso
Notes from a visit to West Africa in January 2015. Third in a series of six articles North of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, we entered the Sahel region, the dry plain […]
Grass fires, firewood, and the fires of revolution
Notes from a visit to West Africa, December 2014 to January 2015. Second in a series of six articles Koussoukoingou, Benin, January 5: Everywhere we went in the dry northern regions […]
Thomas Sankara and the Black Spring in Burkina Faso
Blaise Compaoré, the president of Burkina Faso who was forced to resign by mass protests on October 31, was more than simply a dictator who had clung to power for […]
A communist at large 