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Bobo-Dioulasso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jula, a trade language, is the lingua franca of Bobo and surrounding region of western Burkina Faso. It is significant both economically (agricultural trade, textile industry) and culturally (Bobo is the center of culture and music of Burkina Faso). The name means literally, "home of the Jula-speaking Bobo," which is the dominant ethnic group in the region of the city. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobo-Dioulasso   (239 words)

Bobo (The Simpsons) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also Bobo-Dioulasso for the city in Burkina Faso. Bobo is the long-lost teddy bear of Charles Montgomery Burns in the animated television show The Simpsons, featured in the episode Rosebud. Rosebud was a meaningful object from Kane's childhood; Bobo is a substitute for Rosebud in this episode. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobo_(The_Simpsons)   (386 words)

viSightseeing_Inc.htm Southwest of Bobo Dioulasso is the town of Banfora, a tourist’s delight with its magnificent Karfiguela Waterfalls 12km northwest of the town. Bobo Dioulasso is the second largest town in Burkina Faso inhabited by the Bobo tribe. Bobo’s Grande Mosquee in the Kibidwe district is a fine example of Sahelian architecture and the best sight to see in the town. www.journeymart.com /DExplorer/Africa/BurkinaFaso?SubLink=DExplorer/Africa/BurkinaFaso/viSightseeing_Inc.htm   (468 words)

Ethnologue report for language code:bwq Syabéré in Bobo Dioulasso Region is the prestige dialect, and the one used for literature. Mainly Houet Province, from 20 km west of Bobo Dioulasso to 40 km east, north to Kouka Region in Kossi Province. 'Bobo' is the general Bambara word for Bobo Fing, Buamu, or Bomu. www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=bwq   (114 words)

WHO calls for yellow fever vaccination campaign Bobo Dioulasso is an important market town involved in flourishing trade with nearby Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Ghana. Koumare said the risk of an epidemic was particularly serious in Bobo Dioulasso because yellow fever vaccination coverage in the city was reckoned to be low at about 60 percent. Koumare told IRIN there was "a real risk" of a major outbreak of yellow fever outbreak ocurring in Bobo Dioulasso, the second largest city in Burkina Faso, situated 360 km southwest of the capital Ouagadougou. www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=41591   (639 words)

Burkina Faso in 1999 Bobo's "Grande Mosquée" next to the old Kibidwé district is a fine example of sahelian dried mud architecture. Bobo's small but interesting Museum has an excellent exhibit on the country's cotton industry which generates half of the country's foreign revenues. Ethnic groups: Mossi, Mande, Fulani, Lobi, Bobo, Senoufo, Gourounsi, Bissa, Gourmantche berclo.net /page99/99en-burkina-faso.html   (1231 words)

Geoff's Travel Scrapbook - Travel Report from Burkina Faso The catfish is a sacred fish to the Bobo tribe (as well as the crocodile) and people come down to the river just to watch these fish and to make sacrifices to them. During the colonial times when this country was known as Upper Volta Bobo was the principle town. One of the great chiefs of the Bobo people became lost in the bush. www.geoffstravelscrapbook.co.uk /main/reports/2000/burkina2.htm   (1590 words)

Bobo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An ethnic group of Burkina Faso and Mali whose name is part of the city name Bobo-Dioulasso, see Bobo people; A contraction (also spelled in the CamelCase form "BoBo") of the term bourgeois bohemian, a new type of yuppie introduced by David Brooks in his book Bobos in Paradise; This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobo   (171 words)

Tour du Faso 2003: welcome on the official web site We were expecting a performance by the Africans, and in particular the Burkinabe on the morning of this fifth stage, as their progress since the beginning of the Tour has been tangible and they really mean to delight the demanding Bobo Dioulasso public, one that is always very warm, albeit somewhat chauvinistic. However, here in Bobo, just as in Istanbul, there is no Muezzin at the top of these fine and celestial towers: the call for prayers comes from ugly loudspeakers attached to the side of the minarets, an insult of Western technology to the Muslim faith. Ouaga, Fada, Bobo, like all these peoples, the Burkinabe like apocopes, the abbreviations which give their proper names a familiar, pithy, sound. www.letour.fr /stf/faso/2003/us/etape_05.html   (894 words)

Tour du Faso 2004: welcome on the official web site Bobo Dioulasso > Bobo Dioulasso - 121 km Rapidly he has to settle with the fact that he won't be the hero of Bobo today. That's where, at the time, he would go to see the president of his former club (the vélo club de Bobo), who owned a hardware store. www.letour.fr /stf/faso/2004/us/etape_05.html   (1019 words)

Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Bobo Dioulasso - Burkina Faso destinations and famous landmark. Bobo was founded originally as Sya in the 15th century. Bobo is the centre of traditional music of Burkina Faso. www.odyssei.com /destinations/9789.html   (212 words)

GYTS - 2001 Factsheet - Burkina Faso - Bobo Dioulasso The Burkina Faso- Bobo Dioulasso GYTS was a school-based survey of students in 4th - 6th grade, conducted in 2001. The Burkina Faso- Bobo Dioulasso GYTS includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use as well as information on five determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum. A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all of Bobo Dioulasso. cdc.gov /TOBACCO/Global/GYTS/factsheets/2001/Burkinafaso_factsheet.htm   (613 words)

Bobo Dioulasso --  Encyclopædia Britannica Branches of the central bank in Burkina Faso are located in Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso. The Bobo, Gurunsi, and Lobi peoples were the earliest known inhabitants of the region. Companion site to this television special profiling 'Elliot Bobo' and several other neglected and orphaned children who from 1850 were sent by train to farming communities to start new lives. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9015815?tocId=9015815   (650 words)

Traditional Burkina Faso west africa crafts BOBO DIOULASSO - BOBO DIOULASSO is a wonderfully green city. Highlights include: Ouagadougou’s markets and craftsmen, the old district of Bobo Dioulasso, the domes of Fabedougou, canoeing on Lake Tengrela, traditional indigenous architectural styles in various small villages, and the lush waterfall filled landscape. Today you will tour the local museum.You will also discover BOBO DIOULASSO ‘S old district and its mosque in "banco", built more a century ago. www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/10582.html   (641 words)

Mappic.org - Travelogue - "Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou - Boromo - Bobo Dioulasso - Dafra/Koro - Tengrela" July 2, 2004: Bobo Dioulasso We found out that the Grand Marché at Bobo is not at all as "pleasant" as the guidebook says. July 3, 2004: Bobo Dioulasso Our visit to the sacred pond fell literally into the water/rain and instead, we went to the little museum HOUËT. A nice collection of wooden statues are presented. » Travelogues » Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou- Boromo - Bobo Dioulasso - Dafra/Koro - Tengrela mappic.org /viewTravelogue.php?id=89&PHPSESSID=8e879df5f54928945c2d5...   (1378 words)

culturebase.net The international artist database Farafina In Bobo Dioulasso there are three classes of 20 to 30 persons, forming a big reserve of aspiring talent for the internationally known group, whose members here get ready for their tours or recordings. His career began in Bobo Dioulasso, the second biggest city in Upper Volta, where he played in cabarets and at baptisms and weddings. Maham Konaté at first withdrew to his farm by Bobo Dioulasso where, since its founding, the group has run a school for professional and aspiring musicians. www.culturebase.net /artist.php?308   (1297 words)

Burkina Faso, Bobo Dioulasso If there was a lot to do in Bobo, we certainly didn't know what it was. It was an ordeal -- and then some -- to get to Bobo. Just like animals, we were herded into the back of a public transport truck. www.phillipmartin.info /webpage/TRAVEL/AFRICA/text_burkina_bobo.htm   (163 words)

UPPER VOLTA / BURKINA FASO - Vintage Old Antique Postcard Postcards - Bobo Dioulasso : Woman grinding [Bobo Dioulasso : Femme pilant] (Published by Nels "Edition Volta"- 83) (Unused Postcard written on reverse). - Bobo Dioulasso : Masked dancers taking some rest after a dance [Bobo Dioulasso : Les masques au repos après une partie de danse] (Published by Nels "Edition Volta"- 78) (Unused Postcard). - Bobo Dioulasso : Native music band [Bobo Dioulasso : Clique indigène] (Published by Nels "Edition Volta"- 65) (Unused Postcard). www.postcardman.net /uppervolta_ethnic.html   (584 words)

Ethnologue report for Burkina Faso Mainly Houet Province, from 20 km west of Bobo Dioulasso to 40 km east, north to Kouka Region in Kossi Province. Houet Province, Karankasso Vigué Department, 40 km southeast of Bobo Dioulasso. Dialects: Benge, Sogokiré, Voré, Syabéré (Sya), Zara (Bobo Dioula, Bobo Jula). www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=BF   (2298 words)

1. Modes of transport for urban goods in Africa and Madagascar Unregulated trade in re-exported second-hand clothes and imported fabrics is a major factor in the reputation and business flair for which the Bobo traders are known. Fabrics and second-hand clothes pass through Côte d’Ivoire, are cleared at the Bobo station customs post and then re-exported to Côte d’Ivoire by the vast network of smugglers. In 1991 the two-wheeler cart operators complained bitterly about competition from the four-wheeler cart operators and their future seemed to be very bleak. www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/X6992E/x6992e03.htm   (3507 words)

THE CARMELITE WEB SITE - O.Carm. It was a day of great joy for the Carmelite community of Bobo and for the whole Carmelite Family in Burkina Faso. For the sixth centenary of the birth of Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai, called Massaccio (1401-1428), the artist who is considered to be the founding father of Humanism in painting, two years of exhibitions, congresses and conferences are planned. About 16 bishops (beside all the bishops from Burkina Faso there were bishops from neighbouring countries), six hundred priests, two large choirs (one of lay people and one of seminarians) and a huge crowd of the faithful were present. www.ocarm.org /news/eng1301.htm   (3240 words)

Parts Magazine Online:Industry News Stages 10 and 11 will be canceled and the Rally will resume in Bobo Dioulasso and continue on to Bamako. On Sunday they will go on to Bobo Dioulasso where they can enjoy the rest day on Monday. Due to security threats on the rally, the organisation has indeed decided to cancel the upcoming two stages (Nema-Mopti and Mopti-Bobo Dioulasso). www.partsmag.com /news_items/2004-January-Week2/1-12-item6.html   (327 words)

Helen Keller International Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, October 6, 2005 – The Nutrition Focal Points meeting for the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) took place from August 23-25 in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Attendees at the Nutrition Focal Points meeting in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. The plan included recommendations to construct a functional virtual network and to distribute CDs with up-to-date information and to secure additional funding to support internet connections. www.hki.org /about/press_releases/NutritionMeeting.htm   (411 words)

VirtualTourist.com - Bobo-Dioulasso Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews Because of it's central location at the cross roads of numerous tribes, Bobo Dioulasso's Grand Marche has a great selection of tribal arts not only from Burkina Faso, but from all across West Africa. I provide here a few more portraits of the interesting people found on the streets of Bobo Dioulasso. When the Bobo tribes established the city as a neutral ground for trade and this neighborhood was formed before the French arrived in 1897. www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Burkina_Faso/Province_du_Houe/Bobo_Dioulasso-1940492/Things_To_Do-Bobo_Dioulasso-BR-1.html   (855 words)

Notes on Documents Several documents list the names of workers who returned to their villages in the Cercle of Bobo Dioulasso at the end of their contracts. Gouverneur du Haute Volta said that only 70 had returned to Bobo Dioulasso. 156 forced laborers left left Bobo Dioulasso in September 1918 to go work on the Kayes-Niger railroad. courses.wcupa.edu /jones/his311/archives/anm/s1fa2.htm   (764 words)

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World Report 370 -- September 2002 #24 The interconfessional Bobo Madaré translation project got under way in 1990-91 and the New Testament was published in 1996. “Another benefit is that church songs and songs relating to the Christian faith are now being composed in Bobo. I have come to realise that a language can generate transformation in a culture, especially when it is written down and available in print. www.biblesociety.org /wr_370/370_24.htm   (603 words)

Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana: 23-day West African Journey : Bobo Dioulasso - Banfora (B) Visit Bobo Dioulasso ("house of the Bobo merchants"), Burkina's second largest city; see the old mosque and visit the old Kibidwe artisans' district, where you will see blacksmiths, potters, and dyers at work; in the afternoon drive to Banfora; overnight in Banfora (hotel) : Bobo Dioulasso - Ouagadougou (B) After breakfast depart for Ouagadougou; en route, cross the Deux Bales National Park and perhaps see elephants; brief stop in Sabou village to see the crocodiles; overnight in Ouagadougou (hotel) : Banfora- Bobo Dioulasso (B) Visit the Karfiguela waterfalls and enjoy a boat ride on Lac Tengrela before returning to Bobo Dioulasso; overnight in Bobo (hotel) www.sagatours.com /23daysMaliBFGhana.html   (797 words)

partenaires de la soupape ailee Yacine is the association's representative in Bobo, the manager, and the ultimate kitchen Chef. Yacine also offer fabric coloring courses, to learn more click here www.lasoupapeailee.org /en/avecqui   (87 words)

Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso www.weatherbase.com /weather/weather.php3?s=001556&refer=   (17 words)

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