Countries, languages, landscapes...

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okay, quick lesson in the official languages in south africa
here they are:
Afrikaans
English
IsiNdebele
IsiXhoza
IsiZulu
Northern Sotho
Sesotho
Setswana
SiSwati
Tshivenda
Xitsonga

I can only speak 2 of them, but mostly we speak English (when we do business and so on.)
they are implementing the "mothertongue" in schools - where they teach you in your own language, but it's not always a good idea.

Our national Anthem is in 4 languages.


the western cape is definetly the most beautiful place (my home!!)
thanx fudge!

Burkina Faso

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yvonne wrote:

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Burkina is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula. Independence from France came in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in search of paid labour. The inhabitants of Burkina Faso are known as Burkinabé.

Burkina Faso has one of the lowest GDP per capita incomes in the world: $1,200. This ranks it as the 27th poorest nation.[2] Agriculture represents 32% of its gross domestic product and occupies 80% of the working population. It consists mostly of livestock but also, especially in the south and southwest, of growing sorghum, pearl millet, maize (corn), peanuts, rice and cotton.

Unemployment causes a high rate of emigration: for example, three million citizens of Burkina Faso live in Côte d'Ivoire. According to the Central Bank of Western African States (Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest), these migrants send tens of billions of Euros back to Burkina Faso each year. Since the 1967 expulsions from Ghana, this situation has provoked tensions in the recipient countries. The most recent crisis occurred owing to the events of 2003 in Côte d'Ivoire, which led to the return of 300,000 migrants.

The currency of Burkina Faso is the CFA franc.

bunp!

babyb wrote:bunp!

thanks B

i need to post some pisc from my last holiday, it was soooooo beautiful, I mean the landscapes

I dont know how to do it though

yvonne wrote:

babyb wrote:bunp!

thanks B

i need to post some pisc from my last holiday, it was soooooo beautiful, I mean the landscapes

do it for us, do it y

babyb wrote:

do it for us, do it y

i will