It's not windy

From ecological mythologies… to food sovereignty in Burkina Faso

Blandine Sankara, coordinator of the Yelemani association.

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By: Chantal Lorho Follow

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- He is engaged in the fight so that the ecological question is finally considered as a major issue and treated as such by politicians.

In his latest book, he dismantles the beliefs, the false or questionable ideas that prevent awareness of the ecological emergency.

Professor of Geography, co-host of the blog “Géographie en mouvement”, Renaud Duterme publishes “ 

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Deconstructing received ideas about climate change, published by Les liens qui liberating.

- From her brother Thomas, the Burkinabè president, father of the revolution, assassinated on October 15, 1987, she inherited the militant fiber and fights for the food sovereignty of Burkina Faso. 

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Two guests:

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Professor of Geography, co-host of the blog “Géographie en mouvement”, he publishes “ 

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Deconstructing received ideas about climate change, published by Les liens qui liberating.

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sister of Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara.

10 years ago, she founded Yelemani, an experimental farm 8 km from Ouagadougou which applies the principles of agro-ecology, rehabilitates ancestral methods banned during colonization and produces to feed the local population but also to export.

A report by Yaya Budani at the Yelemani farm.

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