A Sankarist Response to Homophobia
Amber Murrey
Published in Pambazuka News 651 : SPECIAL ISSUE : Thomas Sankara and inventing Africa’s future : 26 years later 2013-10-25 http://www.pambazuka.org/en/issue/651
The political ideology...
“The year of Sankara was a success, let us persevere in 2008 and beyond”,...
The year of Sankara was a success, let us persevere in 2008 and beyond:
Press release of the International Collective Sankara 2007
The year 2007, declared...
Parallelisms: Sankara, the hero who defied his creditors
by Leonidas Oikonomakis on February 16, 2012
To Eduardo Galeano
It happened in 1987.
The Organization of African Unity assembled in Addis Abbeba, Ethiopia, in the last...
Thomas Sankara meets George Faisans
A few weeks ago, I posted some thoughts and photos from the New Afrika Shrine nightclub in Lagos. One of those pictures featured...
François Compaoré must be extradited
Press release
After François Compaoré's extradition decree was signed on 5 March 2020, his lawyers lodged an appeal with the French Conseil d'Etat, which in...
Thomas Sankara’s speaches (video)
It’s also well worth your time watching Sankara’s famous speech “Against Debt”:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzoToJEnu8?fs=1&hl=fr_FR&w=480&h=385]
Finally, here’s his unforgettable speech in Harlem, New York:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulD0_JfdEUc?fs=1&hl=fr_FR&w=480&h=385]
Calls for France to open its archives for evidence of involvement of the French...
OUAGADOUGOU (IPS julu the 22d ) – Opposition members of parliament in Burkina Faso have called on France to open its archives to look...
“Burkina Faso Under the Presidency of Thomas Sankara – A Post-Developmental State ?” a...
We hereby present to you the master thesis of Fiona Faye, submitted in 2021 to gain the degree 'M.A. Global Political Economy and Development',...
The revolution cannot triumph without the emancipation of women March 8, 1987
The English translation of the speech is taken from the book "Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle" with the first edition published with...
‘Africa’s Che Guevara’: Thomas Sankara’s legacy
30 April 2014
By Alex Duval Smith BBC News, Ouagadougou
The late president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara - an icon for many young Africans...