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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Monika Pronczuk

Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

Burkina Faso Theater Festival - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso.

She fled her village after it was attacked by extremists, leaving her husband and her farm behind. Since then, she has been moving from place to place, struggling to pay rent and to buy enough food for her children, including a 2-year-old toddler.

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