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Djibo: Susan Smith's home townDjibo is a town in the north-west of Burkina Faso, West Africa, near the border with Mali.
Burkina Faso facts |
| It is home to a large, well-known cattle market. |  |
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The majority people group in Djibo are the Fulani, who are semi-nomadic herdsmen. They speak Fulfulde. |
| The weather is very hot and dry; often by the end of the dry season the Djibo lake has dried up. These candles melted while sitting in our living room. |  |
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Dust is a constant. During the dry season Harmattan turns everything brown, and during the rainy season rain is often preceeded by a dust storm. |
| Most of the buildings in Djibo are built of mud brick; the streets are unpaved and labyrinthine. |  |