Gouama's Gossip

Abstract

Every week, page two of Burkina Faso's Journal du Jeudi carries a column by Gouama. The home-spun wisdom of 'a man of the people' is written in pidgin and covers news and social events. The column is always prefaced with the instruction 'To be read at the top of one's voice'. In the column below, written especially for La Lettre, Gouama offers a word or two on the state of the press in his country.