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...
WHEN THE STARS BEGAN TO SHINE
by Prashad, Vijay*
In 1984, President of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Sankara was perhaps the last ‘Third World’ politician,...
Thomas Sankara: How the Leader of a Small African Country Left Such a Large...
Ernest Hash
Long revered by radical youths and activists across Africa, Thomas Sankara finally also achieved a measure of government recognition in his country, Burkina...
Thomas Sankara: brief portrait of a little-known leader
Bruno Jaffré
This article was published in 1996 in the now-defunct Malian newspaper ‘Yelema.’ Translated from French for Pambazuka News by Julia Monod.
Published in Pambazuka...
Opening of historical trial in Ouagadougou. Who murdered Thomas Sankara ?
On October 15, 1987, Thomas Sankara, leader of Burkina Faso and figure of Pan-Africanism, was assassinated during a coup d'etat. The circumstances of this...
Thomas Sankara And The Assassination Of Africa’s Memory
By Chika Ezeanya
Published on the 16th of octobre on http://saharareporters.com
homas Sankara was Burkina Faso’s president from August 1983 until his assassination on October 15,...
The true visionary Thomas Sankara
Many revolutionary leaders talk the talk, but don’t always walk the walk. But with Sankara, his revolutionary principles guided his own life. At the...
Sankara: A hero for Africa’s young people
Bruno Jaffre translated from French for Pambazuka News by Lorraine Thompson.
Published in Pambazuka News 651 : SPECIAL ISSUE : Thomas Sankara and inventing Africa’s...
The legacies of Thomas Sankara: a revolutionary experience in retrospect
Ernest Harsch Institute of African Studies at Columbia University , New York, USA
published in Review of African Political Economy Volume 40, Issue 137, 2013...
