Older towns are oriented in such a way that the bustling town centre is separated from the main highway. You have to get off the main highway to get into the town centre. This is not accidental
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Selling on the road between Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. (Photo/ Flickr/ Carsten ten Brink)