Homeland or Death

A thirty-three-year-old captain gives himself four years to change one of the poorest countries on earth. He declares, as his entire estate, a fridge, three guitars and four bicycles. His best friend has him shot, and it takes thirty-four years for a court to write down why.

Great figuresAfrican independencesMemory and redressJustice and trialsBurkina FasoTSThomas SankaraBCBlaise CompaoréGDGilbert Diendéré