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UPDATED: 12 Nov 2009 GMT
  • Mrs. A. Peavy, Acting Director of the American Cultural Center welcoming participants Internet training for Journalists

    On November 17, 2009, the Martin Luther King Jr. Library held a workshop on how to find reliable information the from official websites of the U.S. government as well as from African regional organizations’ web sites. Journalists from le Pays, l’Observateur Paalga and the National Television ...

  • Co-Producer Magee McIlvaine posing with Public Affairs Officer Cornelius Walsh and Ugandan Hip Hop dancer Abramz DJ Magee presents: Democracy in Dakar

    On Thursday October 15th, the American Cultural Center in collaboration with Umané Culture, best known for their Waga Hip Hop festival, organized a movie screening of Democracy in Dakar. Film Co-Producer, Magee Mc Ilvaine was present during this program...

  • Hip Hoppers performing during the battle show off Let’s Hop with Hip Hop in Waga: Special Tribute to

    For Daniel Pearl Day in Ouagadougou, the Public Diplomacy section organized an event at the American Cultural Center in collaboration with the Waga Hip Hop Festival of 2009. The program slate had stunning performances by Hip-hop artists from around Africa and the world at ...

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What Side Are You On? Research Presentation by Fulbright Scholar Ann Francois
On Thursday, November 5th, the American Cultural Center organized a conference with University students from the English Department’s English Club. The program featured a presentation by University of Ouagadougou Fulbright Scholar/Professor in Residence, ...

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Embassy hosts launch of new Burkina English Teachers Association
On October 16, 2009 the American Language Center (ALC) of the US Embassy in Ouagadougou with Regional English Fellow Susan Strand hosted an organizational meeting to launch a new English teaching professional association. Thirty local English teachers attended the organizational meeting at the ...

S. Strand practicing integrated skills activity with Ouaga English teachers

Regional English Fellow and ALC train 38 English teachers in Ouagadougou
On October 13, 15, and 16, 2009 the American Language Center (ALC) of the US Embassy in Ouagadougou organized workshops for secondary school English teachers with Regional English Fellow Susan Strand. During the week, Ms Strand and ALC Director Lynn H...

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Conference on Religion Tolerance and Interfaith Dialogue
More than one hundred representatives of religious organizations, Christian and Muslim, students, journalist and academics turned out September 29 for a major post program on religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue. The program featured four panelists, recent IV returnees from the US Political ...

August Session student receive his certificate

American Language Center marks end of August 2009 vacation classes
To mark the end of its August intensive secondary school English classes, the American Language Center organized an open house event. Students and their parents were welcomed and congratulated by American Cultural Center Director Cornelius Walsh. One hundred ...