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11/16/25

IBRAHIM TAORE Quotes


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"They wanted an Africa that obeys. We became an Africa that thinks. You can't chain a mind that's awake. " ~Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 

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“France has ‘helped’ us for 64 years with no development. Cutting that help won’t kill us; it will push us to become fully self-reliant.” ~Ibrahim Traore

"For Africa to grow, we must understand that our progress cannot rely on  others solving our problems for free." ~excerpted from  Africa Homeland 

"I want the people of Burkina Faso to feel real governance in my lifetime by providing the basic things life can offer.

My mission is to get Burkina Faso up from nowhere to somewhere." ~Ibrahim Traore 

"No place the western has entered that remains fruitful to the owners of the land. Because they make the leaders sick and old for their benefits alone." ~Ibrahim Traore 

"The path to true liberation lies in our soil, in the hands of our farmers, our innovators. our youth, and our leaders." ~President Ibrahim Traore