No. 268 / June 1995
Heart and Soul
Ten years of change in an African village.
- Editor's letter
- Heart and Soul
Chris Brazier returns after ten years to a village in Burkina Faso. How much has changed? And are the same people still alive?
- Sabtenga
a map of the village (gif 41k)
- Burden of dreams
Plenty of progress to witness but contraception could have arrived earlier for Mariama.
- The razor's end
The genital mutilation of girls was the rule ten years ago - is it still the rule now?
- New life for old - Coca Maloni
Profile of an old woman who excised girls.
- The baobab's last stand
The old chief has given way to the new elected variety, who is busy planting trees.
- A DECADE IN BURKINA FASO - THE
FACTS
(This file contains large images - gifs)
- Pandora's bottle
A gift to the clinic turns into a can of worms.
- Childbirth Sabtenga-style
- Across the great divide
A visit to school at the painful junction between rich and poor worlds.
- Who killed the Lion King?
A hero, a murder and a betrayal
- Four wives, one God
The puzzle of polygamy and what it means to the women who live with it.
- Lending a hand
Collective action in Africa and the West.
- Letters
- Letter from Crimea
- Update
- The NI Interview with Vandana Shiva
- Reviews: including Marge Piercy classic
- Curiosities
- Endpiece by Steve Eckardt
- Country profile: Venezuela
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