Sankara Is Not Dead

After Burkina Fasos October 2014 popular uprising the young poet Bikontine starts to question his dreams of seeking a better life in the West He decides to go meet his fellow citizens along the countrys only rail line From South to North through cities and villages he learns about their dreams and disappointments confronting his poetry with the realities of a rapidly shifting society His journey ultimately reveals the enduring political legacy of storied former president Thomas Sankara assassinated in 1987 and known as the African Che Guevara