So many of you have been calling the show commenting on what Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore is doing in turning the country around. He has been compared to his late predecessor, Thomas Sankara who was assassinated in 1987 after being in power for only four years. He managed to turn that country around by opening up education to all including women, vaccinating millions of people, cutting government spending, planting 10-million trees, reducing cars used by cabinet ministers all in four years. Traore is praised for decolonizing Burkina Faso by enshrining national languages and dropping French in schools and as an official language. Just like Sankara, Traore came into power via a military coup changed so many things in a short space of time. There has been reports of assassination attempts on his life. So to get an understanding of who Ibrahim Traore is and how he compares to Sankara, we thought to invite someone who actually met him…

Guest: David Letsoalo - Sankarist, activist and law academic