Visas, health and safety in detail

Ouagadougou: the global arts capital

Sleeping highlights: from mud huts to secret dune

encampments

Where to spot elephants and sacred crocodiles

French-language section, including

Burkinabe slang

"Bradt Burkina Faso"

Bradt Travel Giudes; August 2006, Taschenbuch ca. € 20,-- im internationalen Buchhandel (z.B. Amazon)

For  traveller dreaming of new lands unmarked by tourism, Burkina Faso is the answer. Here you can fully immerse yourself in the rhythms of village life: watch spectacular mask festivals, encounter sacred crocodiles, share millet beer under mango trees and sleep under the stars among the dunes of the Sahel.

The first English-language guidebook of its kind, Bradt's compulsively readable Burkina Faso proudly introduces you to the beating heart of Burkinabe culture. With this book you'll learn know your agba from your dindisga, where to marvel at Fulani horse-dancing and how to play the djembe drum.