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...
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...
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]
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...
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By EMM
http://www.blogcritics.org
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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...
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Editorial Introduction
This is the first English translation of this interview and the opening installment in a Liberation School series of previously untranslated work by...
The Distinguished Guest (Thomas Sankara) from Burkina Faso in the USSR. (1986)
https://www.net-film.ru/film-9298/
Producer CSDF (RCSDF)
Director: Artseulov O.
Operators: Gorbatskiy V., Lovkov V.
Anouncers: Zozulin V.
Text writers: Korneshov L.
Annotation
In the Soviet Union came Chairman of the National Council of...
“Blacks must take responsibility for their own history and contribute to universal civilization”, speech...
Editorial introduction
This is the first English translation of this speech—titled “Blacks must take responsibility for their own history and contribute to universal civilization”—and the...
