The Siren of Faso Fani

Through the eyes of former workers at the once famous cotton factory in Burkina FasoThe Siren of Faso Fani explores the disastrous consequences of global economic policies that are blind to local realities. The factory shut-down in 2001 threw hundreds out of work, plunged thousands into poverty and left an entire city reeling: Koudougou, where I was born, 40 years ago. Devastated by the inexplicable closure Burkina Faso's third largest city is struggling to get back on its feet. A decade after this economic and social disaster, I return to a city now just a shadow of its former self.