Armel Baily

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Armel Baily

A traditional mask representing a koba (antelope) looks on, at Festimasq, the Festival des Masques in Pouni, Sanguie province, on March 30, 2024. (Photo by FANNY NOARO-KABRE/AFP via Getty Images)

Burkina Faso villagers use mystic masks to summon peace

The sacred sculptures have ‘an important place in the imagination of our communities’, according to Culture Minister Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo

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A CDP supporter of holds a portrait of Burkina Faso’s ousted president Blaise Compaore during a campaign rally of Burkinabe presidential candidate for the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) party Eddie Komboigo in Ouagadougou on November 19, 2020, ahead of ahead of general elections held on November 22. – Burkina Faso heads to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections on November 22, 2020. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Burkina Faso prosecutors seek 30 years jail for Compaore over Sankara’s murder

Thomas Sankara and 12 colleagues were gunned down by a hit squad in 1987 at a meeting of the ruling National Revolutionary Council.

Armel Baily