Discover why Ibrahim Traoré studied Geology and Marxism Before Joining The Army

This is Part 4 of a five-part series on Ibrahim Traoré before he became President, and what each African country can learn from him. In this historic video, we trace Ibrahim Traoré’s extraordinary journey. From a quiet, brilliant student of geology to a revolutionary soldier. His university years sharpened his analytical mind, allowing him to see beneath the surface of Burkinabè society. While at university, the African Awakening struck: he embraced Marxism, the Marxist Association Nationale des Étudiants du Burkina (ANEB), and rejected Western neo-colonial control. His calling was not war, but justice. Traoré joined the army to protect the people, not the elite. Like Thomas Sankara and Jerry Rawlings before him, he embodies the soldier-scholar archetype: strategically navigating state institutions to ignite a people's revolution from within. <



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