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Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe after its liberation but became its oppressor. Photo: Archive

Burkina Faso: Revolution, authoritarianism and the crisis of African emancipation politics

If revolutions are to succeed, the people must deliver freedom. They must reject authoritarianism, a small revolutionary elite or a military junta.

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