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Transcript/Script(PLAYBOOK SLUG: BURKINA FASO ITALIAN COOK
HEADLINE: Italian expatriate brings pork cuisine to Ouagadougou
TEASER: Tarcisio began selling pork more than eight years ago. He says he integrated into Burkina Faso with ease.
PUBLISHED AT: July 7 2024
BYLINE: Gildas Da
CONTRIBUTOR :
DATELINE: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
VIDEOGRAPHER: Gildas Da
VIDEO EDITOR: Gildas Da
PRODUCER:
ASSIGNING EDITOR:
SCRIPT EDITORS: KEnochs; Baragona
VIDEO SOURCE (S): (VOA)
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X__ RADIO _X_
TRT: 2:32
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: (TVPKG/RADIO)
EDITOR NOTES
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((INTRO))
[[In Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, an Italian expatriate runs a rather unique business for a foreigner: selling grilled pork, a highly appreciated dish. Gildas Da has the story narrated by Arzouma Kampaore.]]
((NARRATION))
When Boi Tarcisio came to Burkina Faso from Italy in 2014, he had plans to start a business renting trucks. When that failed, Tarcisio drew on his childhood experience eating and preparing grilled pork with his family in Italy and pivoted to selling the specialty in Burkina Faso.
((Radio: He says he tried it and it worked. It caught on and he continued.))
((Boi Tarcisio, Grilled Meat Seller)) ((Male, in French))
“We tried it and it worked. It caught on and I continued.”
((NARRATION))
Tarcisio settled down permanently in Burkina Faso. He says he felt welcome here.
((Radio: He says he feels good. He has friends. He has everything. He didn’t find it hard to integrate.))
((Boi Tarcisio, Grilled Meat Seller)) ((Male, in French))
“I feel good. I have friends. I have everything. I didn’t find it hard to integrate with them.”
((NARRATION))
After moving to Ouagadougou, he married a Burkinabé woman and had children. Now in his fifties, Tarcisio currently has three Burkinabé employees whom he has trained in the job.
[[Radio track: Timothée Bassolé is one of them. He says this job allows him to feed his family. When there are difficulties, Tarcisio is always there. He is Italian, but now they say, he’s Burkinabé. He’s no longer Italian. ]]
((Timothée Bassolé, Employee)) ((Male, in French))
“Often, when there are difficulties, he’s always there. This job allows me to feed my family. He’s Italian, but now we say, he’s Burkinabé. He’s no longer Italian.”
((NARRATION))
Tarcisio’s grilled pork is very popular among his customers in Ouagadougou. Prosper Sanon has been enjoying Tarcisio’s cooking for years.
((Radio: He says he can tell a story of something quite special. His wife had never eaten pork, but when she saw how it was cooked, she tried it, and has been eating it ever since.))
((Prosper Sanon, Customer)) ((Male, in French))
“As a little story, I can tell you something quite special. My wife had never eaten pork, but when she saw how it was cooked, she tried it, and has been eating it ever since.”
((NARRATION))
Tarcisio’s business has been impacted by the ongoing war in the Sahel region nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which killed an estimated 12-thousand people in 2023. But Tarcisio says he has no plans to return to Italy.
((Radio: No, he says, he wants to stay here, and he truly wishes the Burkinabé people luck so that this war ends quickly.))
((Boi Tarcisio, Grilled Meat Seller)) ((Male, in French))
“No, no. I want to stay here, and I truly wish the Burkinabé people luck so that this war ends quickly.”
((NARRATION))
Boi Tarcisio says he will keep doing what he loves and hopes for the war’s end so that the economy and his business can grow and thrive.
((GFor ildas Da, VOA News, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, this is Arzouma Kampaore))
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