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...
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...
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’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]
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...
