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Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past

Ernest Harsch Ernest Harsch discusses the enduring appeal and influence of the revered revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara. There is probably no time when people are more...

Thomas Sankara – Never Think Less of Yourself …

Sankaraship, a term coined by Joagni Pare, is all about the life and leadership principles practiced by Thomas Sankara — the young, charismatic, and Pan-African leader who...

Resurrecting Thomas Sankara

Nearly thirty years after his assassination, African revolutionary Thomas Sankara is still inspiring the struggle for self-determination. Fadel Barro, a central leader in the Senegal...

Thomas Sankara : The Lion King

Captain Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (December 21, 1949 – October 15, 1987) was the leader of Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta) from...

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...

Taking the third road (independent sustainable development)

August 11, 2005 The Inspiration : This post is inspired by a comment made on the Cuban government by The Voice. "The wounds with...

“The routes and possibilities of a South – South subversive globalization: Africa and Brazil”...

The routes and possibilities of a South - South subversive globalization: Africa and Brazil Jacques Depelchin (2007-12-11) We publish this article found in the very rich...

Thomas Sankara and the new Africa renaissance

Agun Mod 2013-10-24 http://www.pambazuka.org/en/issue/651 Like Nkrumah of Ghana and Nyerere of Tanzania, Sankara sought to restore dignity and honour to his country and to imbue the...

26 Years ago, Thomas Sankara was assassinated. Circumstances yet to be clarified … But...

by Bruno Jaffré October 14, 2013 | translation Alain Blaise Ngono The violent murder of Thomas Sankara is commensurate with the relentlessness of his killers...

Remembering Thomas Sankara, the EFF’s muse

By Rebecca Davis Published the 05 Nov 2013 on http://www.dailymaverick.co.za Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters have invoked the legacy of former Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara...