By decimating entire generations, the epidemic has emerged as a dramatic obstacle to sustainable development in Africa. By calling on Prosper Kompaore, a specialist in interactive theatre, the UNESCO office in Dakar has chosen to tackle the issue of prevention in a different way. In the market square of Manga, a town located 105 kilometres east of Ouagadougou, vendors close their shops one after another as the sun dips lower. In the middle of cabarets selling dolo, the local millet beer, the troupe from the Burkinabe Theatre Workshop (ATB) starts setting up its performance area in front of an impatient crowd. In next to no time, the stage is set. The evening's show: The Cough of the Serpent, a play to heighten awareness of tuberculosis - an illness often linked to HIV/AIDS - that is being presented at the request of the National Tuberculosis Programme and the regional health authority.
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