In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot...

In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the...

On their wedding night, a couple rescue a baby from a garbage bin only to adopt it some years later.

Nikiema is a farmer from Burkina who sees fate come down upon him. His fouryearold son dies from a simple case of measles. He sells off his cotton...