The Fire This Time Podcast
The Fire This Time Podcast
Fire This Time
Shifts in the Sahel: Counterinsurgency & Media in the AI Era
28 minutes Posted Jun 18, 2025 at 7:02 pm.
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In episode 109, the FTT crew takes a critical look at Burkina Faso's revolution amid claims that it isn't "real" by US military generals & Black 'radicals' alike.
Did AFRICOM's General Langley accusations against Captain Ibrahim Traoré & Burkina Faso, and the Pan-African backlash that ensued, get him fired by President Trump?
Why does the view of Black 'radical' FD Signifier align with General Langley & US imperialism?
What is the relationship between AI & counterinsurgency within the context of Burkina Faso's revolution?
Why do postmodernists claim the Sahel revolution "isn't real"?