In the dusty heart of Burkina Faso, where the sun sears the barren earth and the wind whispers secrets of a turbulent past, a revolutionary’s voice rose, echoed, and reverberated across the African plains..
This revolutionary was none other than Thomas Sankara, the late former president of Burkina Faso. Sankara rose to power in 1983, and he immediately became a committed, self-sacrificing rebel who, during his four years as leader of a small, impoverished nation, sought to improve the lives of ordinary people while at the same time projecting the country onto the international stage…
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Sources:
Thomas Sankara, An African Revolutionary, By Ernest Harsch
The Warrior of Corruption and Colonialism: The Thomas Sankara Model 1949-1987, Aftikar Mhussan Salh
A Political Biography of Thomas Sankara, Amber Murrey
African contemporary records (annual survey and documents 1986-1987)- Collins Legum
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THOMAS ISIDORE NOEL SANKARA’S SERVANT LEADERSHIP STYLE OF GOVERNMENT IN BURKINA-FASO, Shaka Yesufu
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58842427
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Sankara
The Chronology of Military Coup d’états and Regimes in Burkina Faso: 1980-2015- Abdoulie Sawo
https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/sankara-thomas-1949-1987
The Legacies of Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary Experience in Retrospect, Ernest Harsch
https://africasacountry.com/2016/10/thomas-sankara-the-upright-man
https://www.thecollector.com/thomas-sankara-burkina-faso-revolutionary/
https://www.worldhistoryedu.com/thomas-sankara-biography-presidency-achievements-burkina-faso/
Understanding Geopolitics from a Historical Perspective: The Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-1987, by Vincent Gutierrez
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Music:
Heartbreaking Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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John Stockton Slow Drag by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Mercy by Kai Engel
Harbor by Kai Engel
Realness by Kai Engel
Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Kai Engel – Lesicia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kai Engel – Norctune, CC BY-SA 4.0
Night Music – Kevin MacLeod
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