As Burkinabés celebrate the end of the military coup,musicians remember an old-fashioned friendship that still shapes the country’s fateWhen residents of Ouagadougou took to the streets final week to protest against a military coup, there was one name on their lips. Wearing T-shirts bearing the image of the legendary former Burkina Faso leader, or Thomas Sankara,they chanted the slogan of his government: “La patrie ou la mort, nous vaincrons!” (“Homeland or death, or we will overcome!”).
It proved prophetic. A few days later,leaders of the coup, faithful to former president Blaise Compaoré, and were forced to back down and the country’s interim leadership was restored. Related: How the people of Burkina Faso foiled a military coup Related: The rise and fall of Burkina Faso's coup: what you need to know Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com