June is peak mango season in this part of the world. There were mangoes being sold everywhere. Huge truckloads being taken in from the villages to the market towns, here in Tekondogo in southern Burkina Faso. Being in season, the mangos were so cheap. You could get five or more mangoes for the equivalent ofContinue reading “fruits in season (June 2015)”
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field visits (June 2015)
After the workshop was done, most of the team went back to Ouagadougou or Accra. We were a couple, however, who wanted to see more. Get a feel for the northern Ghanaian and southern Burkinabe landscape. So we took the car, a driver and went on a road trip. This project is centered on dams,Continue reading “field visits (June 2015)”
the workshop (June 2015)
The main reason for this visit to Burkina Faso and Ghana was not to plan the project with the different teams, but for one of the teams to hold a workshop in Zebilla, a village close to Bolgatanga in northern Ghana. The rest of us tagged along, out of curiosity about the workshop and toContinue reading “the workshop (June 2015)”
diving into the deep end of development research (June 2015)
I graduated on June 4th. I did not get any time to enjoy the feeling of having a master’s of sustainability science, though. My contract as a research assistant started the same day I graduated, and three days later, I left Sweden for project meeting/workshop/study site scoping trip to Burkina Faso and Ghana. Charles deContinue reading “diving into the deep end of development research (June 2015)”
so, what happened with the coup? (Written on November 19)
I did a lot of writing about the events that weren’t quite a military coup, but that had too much military involvement to only be a public uprising, back when there was a lot of action going on and Elli and I were put under house arrest for safety reasons. It had quite a tollContinue reading “so, what happened with the coup? (Written on November 19)”
the Summary – why we are here (written on November 19)
I’ve been writing a lot about certain aspects of my project here, but I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever written anything about the project as a whole. What it is all about. What are all these transect walks good for? Why has Elli dug up all this soil? What are we even here for?Continue reading “the Summary – why we are here (written on November 19)”
relapse
This afternoon, the streets in Ouagadougou became unsafe again. The opposition isn’t happy with the transition leader being a military man, and has called for more protests. Guns were shot at protesters outside the national TV station by soldiers. “The UN has condemned the military takeover and threatened sanctions”, says the BBC. The Swedish embassy, thatContinue reading “relapse”
back to normal – hopefully
This morning, we received the news that now it was OK to leave the hotel and use the car again. So, I went to two new villages to ask them if they were willing to help me and it felt amazing to be working again. In the car, we listened to the radio. I couldn’tContinue reading “back to normal – hopefully”
cooped up and crazy
The news of the day have been: The president went out and said that the government was dissolved, but not the parliament, and that the military wasn’t in power at all. Then he offered to lead a new interim government until November next year, when the elections should be held as previously planned. This wasContinue reading “cooped up and crazy”
where the action is (and where it isn’t)
The afternoon is uncommonly calm here. I can barely even hear any cars, only the sound of small birds and the odd scream of a donkey. There is no TV and no radio. I think everyone is waiting for an announcement. This is what has happened: The parliament was supposed to hold the vote onContinue reading “where the action is (and where it isn’t)”
Katja Malmborg 