Shoutout to Ibrahim Traoré. Ibrahim Traoré is a Burkinabè military commander and the transitional president of Burkina Faso. Ibrahim Traoré became the transitional president of Burkina Faso after a military coup in September 2022 — that deposed then-interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who had himself gained office in a coup just eight months earlier. Under Traoré's administration, Burkina Faso has pursued a revolutionary and anti-colonial agenda, expelling French soldiers and strengthening ties with Russia. Burkina Faso has nationalized its wealth by creating a state mining corporation. In the 3 years since being interim leader of the West African country, Ibrahim Traoré has been on a rapid campaign to rid his country of any traces of Western influence, he is following the footsteps of legendary leader, Thomas Sankara. Captain Ibrahim Traoré is no longer just the leader of a small, landlocked West African nation; for some, he has become a symbol of resistance, independence, and Pan-African pride. He is making modern day history, salute.