Under a spotlight in an otherwise dark room, Oliva Ouedraogo held up a piece of fabric that looked stained with blood. “Long live the girl!” she cried, her voice competing with the loud hum of a generator.
Ouedraogo was starring in her own play — “Queen” (known by its French name “Reine”) — at the Acte Sept cultural center in Bamako, Mali, earlier this month. More performances are planned in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
