I keep my little insight on local customs basing myself on what I saw every day for over two weeks. I think the most surprising thing when you land from Europe and expect to see a country (very) poor, it was the allure of Burkina Faso for new technologies. As written in a previous post, e PCR is often full and people come mainly check emails, chat via Windows Live Messenger or equivalent, but also look for information on university courses in Europe or Canada. Moreover, many people who come to register to attend training at the office and Internet. The Burkinabe all have a cell phone, much like in France, unlike that they contain 2 SIM cards and they often have several, for the three operators' networks which share the market and make the most reductions. On television, these operators are, with sellers of motorcycles, by far the biggest advertisers.
On TV, it seems that most Burkinabe receive, in addition to the national chain RTB, at least some channels pan. Program these channels: news, TV shows and reality-TV-novelas, these serials rosewater Brazilian style of Dallas or Santa Barbara and poorly clad, whom they love. It's very amusing to see the crowd in front of the bar located right next to the cyber, which has a tiny black and white TV at the time of broadcast tele-novelas "The Two Sides of Ana. The television news in the African countries have little to do with those we know in Europe almost exclusively local or regional news, and positive! The president did this, the government has done such meeting took place ... But apparently the Burkinabe (and Africans in general) are not fooled by the lack of objectivity strings of power. A notable exception is a program interview policy which takes place every Sunday on national television in Burkina Faso, RTB, and led by the youthful director of programs. Last Sunday, he has manhandled the minister of the environment through its incisive questions as I have rarely seen a French journalist to do! The press it seems relatively free in Burkina Faso and the Burkinabe are indeed proud. The local newspaper, called the Observer Paalga, opened its pages to such widely different views, and reviews or editorials always spare no power. This does not seem to be the case in countries around the prize going to the distressing television national of Niger (where the president recently held a referendum to assume full powers) and Cameroon.
Other interests of Burkina Faso: sport, especially football. Nearly half of men and boys I meet wear a jersey of a football team. Both teams are currently the most popular Chelsea, whose star player is the Ivorian Didier Drogba, revered here (Burkina Faso has a special relationship with their neighboring Ivory Coast, particularly since the mass emigration of nearly 6 million of them to that country - so there are now about 10 million inhabitants Burkina Faso and 18 in Côte d'Ivoire ...), and Barcelona, who until this summer's roster included another local hero, the son Samuel Eto'o. Then come Real Madrid and Olympique Marseille. But any male follows Burkina championships English, English and French and therefore also knows the other teams! In my case, the players where I wear my jersey of FC Barcelona, I'm sure I entitled to a few friendly remarks about this.
I have not seen so far Ouagalais of playing cards (I'll try to find a game and the time to learn the coinche before leaving!), Or the awalé. However, I have seen play checkers, and a game similar to Ludo. They play many games, scratch and LONAB (National Lottery of Burkina Faso, the French equivalent of the Games) is thriving. The PMU seems to work well here, but since there is no racetrack in the country, players are betting on French races.
Finally, I conclude with a habit that I quickly adopted: the ritual of mint tea (boil three times before serving!), Sometimes accompanied by peanuts, which is an excuse to long hours of discussion friends quietly installed in the shade of a tree.
soon!
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