Thomas Sankara
Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankarawas a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution, he is commonly referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara"...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 December 1949
opportunity rights people
Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question. Africa's absence from the club of those who have the right to veto is unjust and should be ended.
people imperialism
When the people stand up, imperialism trembles.
eye feet people
May my eyes never see and my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence.
people humanity want
I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to humanity.
ignorance people enemy
The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.
eye feet people
Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women. May my eyes never see and my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence. I hear the roar of women’s silence. I sense the rumble of their storm and feel the fury of their revolt.
real sacrifice people
We have to work at decolonizing our mentality and achieving happiness within the limits of sacrifice we should be willing to make. We have to recondition our people to accept themselves as they are, to not be ashamed of their real situation, to be satisfied with it, to glory in it, even
breath draws humanity lessons liberation revolution since struggles third totality wish
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of man's experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be the heirs of all the revolutions of the world, of all the liberation struggles of the peoples of the Third World. We draw the lessons of the American revolution.
revolution triumph emancipation
The Revolution Cannot Triumph Without the Emancipation of Women
men rights taught-us
The French revolution taught us the rights of man.
sky other-half half
Women hold up the other half of the sky ...
silence i-can
I can hear the roar of women's silence
struggle humanity wish
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be the heirs of all the revolutions of the world, of all the liberation struggles of the peoples of the Third World. We draw the lessons of the American revolution.
country moving night
If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong to just a minority. How many of you who have been assigned to Ouagadougou from the farthest corners of the country have had to move every night because you've been thrown out of the house you have rented? To those who have acquired houses and land through corruption we say: start to tremble. If you have stolen, tremble, because we will come after you