As powerfully documented on The Jimmy Dore Show, Western powers have waged a relentless campaign against African leaders who dare to challenge colonial economic domination. This brutal pattern spans generations:

• Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana): The Pan-African visionary who led Ghana to independence in 1957 was overthrown in a 1966 CIA-backed coup while pursuing continental unity and economic sovereignty.

• Patrice Lumumba (Congo): Murdered in 1961 with Western complicity just months after leading Congo to independence, for resisting neocolonial control of mineral resources.

• Thomas Sankara (Burkina Faso): The “African Che Guevara” was assassinated in 1987 for his revolutionary policies of self-reliance and anti-imperialism.

• Muammar Gaddafi (Libya): NATO’s 2011 intervention destroyed Libya’s prosperity and aborted his plan for a gold-backed pan-African currency that threatened Western financial dominance.

Today, Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré stands as the latest leader in this lineage of resistance. Like his predecessors, Traoré champions:
✓ African economic independence
✓ Resource sovereignty
✓ Military self-sufficiency
✓ Rejection of neocolonial institutions

The Jimmy Dore Show reveals how Traoré’s growing popularity among Africa’s youth represents both a revival of Sankara’s revolutionary spirit and a direct threat to Western interests. While assassination attempts and information warfare against Traoré have already begun, his movement – like the enduring legacies of Nkrumah, Lumumba, Sankara and Gaddafi – represents an unstoppable wave of Pan-African awakening.

Why This Matters Now:
As Traoré himself has declared: “We are the continuation of Sankara’s fight.” The battle for Africa’s true liberation continues, and understanding this history is crucial to resisting modern forms of colonial control.

Watch the full exposé on The Jimmy Dore Show (YouTube) and join the movement for African sovereignty. #TheJimmyDoreShow #FreeAfrica