A Dancer at Night from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (Haute Volta)

Haute-Volta
Lena, pres de BOBO-DIOULASSO,
Danse nocturne ou le masque,
dans sa dimension cosmique,
reactive les puissances de vie.

I put this in google translate and this is what it read:
Lena, near BOBO-DIOULASSO,
Night dance or mask,
In its cosmic dimension,
Reactivates the powers of life.

Photo Diavolta

This postcard is postmarked in 1981.

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Bobo-Dioulasso is the second largest city in Burkina Faso.

The name means "home of the Bobo-Doula". It was likely coined by French colonists to reflect the languages of the two major groups in the population.

Haute-Volta (Upper Volta) stamp 1977

Definitive Issues

Statue of a man with a pot

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