Our first podcast episode covers the history of 20th Century Burkina Faso and how the French poke their noses where they shouldn't.

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References 

https://www.marxists.org/archive/sankara/assassination/fight-racism-feb-1988.htm 

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/12/thomas-sankara-how-the-leader-of-a-small-african-country-left-such-a-large-footprint/ 

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/maurice-yameogo-1921-1993/ 

https://www.ourhistory.org.uk/the-history-of-burkina-faso-from-colonisation-to-independence/ 

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Comment_perdre_le_pouvoir.html?id=5_d0QgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y 

https://qz.com/africa/415257/why-burkina-fasos-late-revolutionary-leader-thomas-sankara-still-inspires-young-africans 

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hGDGBAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y 

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Thomas_Sankara_Speaks.html?id=850UAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y 

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/houphouet-boigny-felix-1905-1993/ 

https://www.unesco.org/en/prizes/felix-houphouet-boigny 

Intro - Corcovado by Nonak

Outro - Cat and Mouse by Nonak

Music by Freepik https://www.freepik.com/audio