Editing Seynabou Gano (section)

===Veterans Movement===
Upon the end of his service in 1966, Gano returned to civilian life without any reward or increased citizenship status. This experience of fighting alongside socialist and democratic forces against the imperialist powers in the Great War inspired veterans of the 7th to protest a law that banned Koldan’s from utilizing public taxis in Saint-Paul. Although initially repressed by police, they were soon joined by service workers who marched on City Hall demanding the policy be changed. When the military was called to respond, some veterans took up arms and began clashing with the military.  Gano described this moment as key “protest was no longer the answer, those who saw war knew a revolution was the only answer”. It was at this time, Gano would meet some of his closest allies and future enemies. Ferdinand Bachlet, a socialist academic who later became a key asset in securing foreign assistance. Ibrahim Souman, a Muslim veteran who would later lead the Islamist faction of the KLF and finally Adama Dembou, a liberal politician who would become the face of the nonviolent movement. These forces would come together in 1967 to form the Kolda People’s Front, named for the ancient city of Kolda. Soon, however, Gano would be arrested in a police raid on a KPF meeting place.