ABSTRACT
Located in western Africa, Burkina Faso is a landlocked country of approximately 12,060,000 people who are of the Mossi, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani ethnic groups. Burkina Faso, neighbored by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cote D’Ivoire, has a climate that ranges from tropical to arid. Nearly 50 percent of the people speak Mossi, with Senufo, Fula, Bobo, Mande, Gurunsi, and Lobi being the nation’s other most commonly spoken languages; French is the official language. Half of the population is Muslim, 40 percent practice traditional indigenous religions, and 10 percent are Christian. Ouagadougou, the nation’s capital, is also its largest city, with 442,000 inhabitants.
