The Political Orientation Speech Thomas Sankara,
The Speech on Political Orientation (Discours d'Orientation politique or DOP), as the name makes clear, is the theoretical foundation of the revolution. It...
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]
The speech he would have given on October 15, 1987
This speech was translated from French for Pambazuka News by Jeff Wilson.
INTRODUCTION
The speech was found by the journalist Denis de Montgolfier (see the summary...
THE UPRIGHT MAN: 10 LESSONS FROM THOMAS SANKARA
Where did all the genuine African revolutionaries go? They were either assassinated; Patrice Lumumba, Eduardo Mondlane, Samora Machel, Amilcar Cabral, Steve Biko, John Garang,...
Book Review: When Everything Has Fallen by Nathalia Zongo
By EMM
http://www.blogcritics.org
On October 15, 1987 a military coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso, and the president Thomas Sankara was assassinated. Sankara himself had...
Thomas Sankara: In His Own Words
Compiled by Mwalimu George Ngwane
Today 15th October 2010 marks the 23rd anniversary of the murder of Captain Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara, erstwhile President of...
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...
National Anthem
Against the humiliating bondage of a thousand years
Rapacity came from afar to subjugate them for a hundred years.
Against the cynical malice in the shape
Of...
