KADER PALENFO
Kader is an excellent guide for the Lobi country. His strong point lies in particular in his in-depth knowledge of the history of his people. Assistant to a director of ethnographic documentaries, he has already made three films, Mémoire entre deux rives, Bois parlant and Visions. They can be viewed at the Poni Museum and travellers are strongly encouraged to watch them with Kader. The films focus on the colonial period, and some images are harsh, as is the story. In addition, Kader, a sculptor and painter, has a small gallery at home and organizes internships. He takes visitors to meet the women of the Association pour la promotion des femmes de Gaoua (APFG), but also to see the house of the canton chief, of which there are still some elements from the colonial era, and to drink a calabash of dolo in a cabaret... He also creates his own tours, with a canoe trip on the Volta River.
We called on Kader for a 3 day tour peids, which has to stop from the first morning. It used a young, not guide to us. Not least explanation, the feeling mall seen in the village.
Failing organisation: it has preferred to tell us that it had already organised tours on foot, which was not the case (not chef, no bags instead of bivouac...).
When you told him what did not go, it was quickly irritated, unpretentious his money, which we have to give, because it became menacing (outrageous stay between break...).
It can be interesting things in life, but we think it is based now its reputation to earn money without anything in back!