Burkina Faso Coup

Burkina Faso Coup

In 1987, Thomas Sankara (then president of Burkina Faso) was killed in a coup held by Blaise Compaoré. Ten years earlier, they were in a band together called ‘Tout-à-Coup Jazz.’

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