At just 25, Valentine Strasser became the world’s youngest head of state overnight. The year was 1992, and what started as a protest over missing boots and unpaid salaries exploded into a bloodless coup that toppled Sierra Leone’s government. Picture this: junior army officers, frustrated and poorly equipped while fighting a brutal civil war, march to demand better conditions. Instead of boots, they seized power. Captain Strasser suddenly found himself leading a nation. For four years, he promis