Yacouba Sawadogo
![Sawadogo in 2019](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Yacouba_Sawadogo.jpg)
A 2010 documentary feature film, ''The Man Who Stopped the Desert,'' first screened in the UK, portrays his life.
Sawadogo was a native speaker of Mossi. In 2018, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award. In 2020, he was awarded the Champions of the Earth award.
Sawadogo died on 3 December 2023 at age 77. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Boukary Ouedraogo, Yasuko Inoue, Alinsa Kambiré, Kankoe Sallah, Sokhna Dieng, Raphael Tine, Toussaint Rouamba, Vincent Herbreteau, Yacouba Sawadogo, Landaogo S. L. W. Ouedraogo, Pascal Yaka, Ernest K. Ouedraogo, Jean-Charles Dufour, Jean GaudartGet full text
Published 2018-04-01
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