Nigba asiko Aare  Colonel Saye Zerbo awon adipo odo oga ologun sedasile agbajo asiri to n je "Communist Officers' Group" (Regroupement des officiers communistes, or ROC) ti o ni ninu omo egbe re Henri Zongo, Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani, Compaore ati Sankara.Awon ipo ijobaSankara je yiyan si ipo Akowe Abele fun Ifitonileti ninu ijoba ologun ni September 1981, nibi to ti n wa keke lo si awon ipade kabinet, sugbon o kosesile ni April 21, 1982 lati lodi si eyi to gba pe ijoba n wuwa lona to lodi si awon osise, nibi to ti wipe  "Ki ijamba o ba awon ton fokun di awon eniyan mole!" ("Malheur a ceux qui baillonnent le peuple!")Nigba ti ifipagbajoba to sele ni November 7, 1982 mu Major-Doctor Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo sori aga, Sankara di alakoso agba ni January 1983, sugbon won le kuro ni May 17 won si ti mole leyin ibewo omo Aare Fransi to tun je agbamora oro Afrika Jean-Christophe Mitterrand.. 
WARding into Coastal trade, The Roberts family became successful members of the local establishment.. 