61 images Created 28 Apr 2018
in The Sahel, northern Burkina Faso
Across the breadth of the African continent – Red Sea coast, East Africa to the West African Atlantic coast – stretches the vast zone known as the Sahel. The Sahara Desert to the north and Savanna landscapes to the south, the semi-arid Sahel is a gorgeous, sometimes harsh region plagued by periodic drought and encroaching desertification. The Sahel zone is a land that is home to beautiful and colorfully diverse culture in magical places spanning fourteen countries that lay within.
The northern half Burkina Faso lies entirely in the Sahelian and Sudano-Sahelian zones with the southern half of the country lying in the Sudanian zone.
I traveled up north on numerous occasions, spending several weeks throughout the Oudalan, Soum, Yatenga, Seno, Namentenga, Sanmatenga, Bam, and Passore Provinces. Major towns include Ouahigouya, Djibo, Thiou, Dori, Gorom Gorom, Sebba as well as the small towns and villages of Bani, Markoye, Tin-Akof, Essakane, Oursi, Deo, Arbinda, Kongoussi, and Ramatoulaye.
The northern half Burkina Faso lies entirely in the Sahelian and Sudano-Sahelian zones with the southern half of the country lying in the Sudanian zone.
I traveled up north on numerous occasions, spending several weeks throughout the Oudalan, Soum, Yatenga, Seno, Namentenga, Sanmatenga, Bam, and Passore Provinces. Major towns include Ouahigouya, Djibo, Thiou, Dori, Gorom Gorom, Sebba as well as the small towns and villages of Bani, Markoye, Tin-Akof, Essakane, Oursi, Deo, Arbinda, Kongoussi, and Ramatoulaye.
