On 15 October 1987, Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso, was overthrown by men working for Blaise Compaoré, his comrade-in-arms and friend, who immediately succeeded him as president. Thus ended the country's revolutionary phase, set in motion four years earlier by the two men. A unique episode in the African continent that gave rise to much support among the youth and a great level of distrust in neighbouring countries and the French Republic. With this vibrant work, Antonio Lozano casts new light on a terrifying reality that continues to this day, and offers us a moving political thriller in the best of noir tradition. Who gave the order to Compaoré to shoot at Sankara? The French journalist Emmanuel Durant interviewed the president just before his death. His admiration for this man, an impertinent idealist…