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...
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,...
Thomas Sankara – Never Think Less of Yourself …
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...
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]
“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...
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...
The revolution cannot triumph without the emancipation of women March 8, 1987
The English translation of the speech is taken from the book "Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle" with the first edition published with...
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...
