You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future. It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.
Thomas Sankara
OFFICIAL NAME: Burkina Faso
CAPITAL: Ouagadougou
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: French
POPULATION: 20 Million
The Book
TITLE: American Spy
AUTHOR: Lauren Wilkinson
PUBLISHED: 2019
Looking for a light, fun read, in English, coming out of Burkina Faso does not bring up many choices. Although the majority of this book takes place in New York and Martinique, it delves into the political history of a country not normally heard of. The book was on President Obama’s 2019 list of favorite reads and with it’s interesting plot it’s easy to see why.
More Information
For more about the author, Lauren Wilkinson visit her website
For book reviews on American Spy check out the Washington Post or NPR
Travel to Burkina Faso is not currently recommended due to security concerns but you can get more information from Lonely Planet or the State Department.
In the meantime, we can get an insider look into Burkina Faso from these videos:
