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...
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]
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