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Olga Yaméogo (Burkina Faso), Le soleil est dans vos pieds (The Sun Is at Your Feet), 2023.
Dear friends,
Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
On 15 October 1987, Thomas Sankara, the leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated alongside twelve of his senior officials. At the time, which I remember well, there was great confusion as to who had carried out this unforgivable act. The assassins, too afraid to face Sankara, shot him from behind, hitting him multiple times before targeting those who were…
