Gando is a village in Burkina Faso, in the Centre-Est Region, the Boulgou province and the Department of Tenkodogo. Gando has about 2500 residents. The village became famous in 2004, when the architect

Diébédo Francis Kéré Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 10 April 1965) is a Burkinabé-German architect, recognized for creating innovative works that are often sustainable and collaborative in nature. In 2022, he became the first African to receive the ''Pritzker Arc ...

, originating from Gando and living in Germany, received the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the construction of the Gando primary school.

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File:Primary School Gando.jpg, Primary School, Gando File:Gando-School-Burkina-Faso.JPG, Gando primary school from Diébédo Francis Kéré. File:Kere teachers accommodation.jpg, Gando teachers accommodation File:Kere Secondary school Gando.JPG, Gando secondary school detail File:Kere library gando.jpg, Detail of the primary school library File:Kere primary school extension gando.jpg, Primary school extension building

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Article in Washington Post
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