Browsing: Thomas Sankara

Africa got flag independence, while the colonisers retained the tools of power – such as control of Africa’s economies via chokehold institutions like the World Bank…

One of Africa’s most significant leaders, Thomas Sankara, would have turned 75 today. We remember his life and legacy but also pose serious questions about his…

Thomas Sankara on the subtler forms of imperialism as we celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday. The Burkinabe revolutionary was born on 21st December…

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day when former president Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré, best known for his role in the assassination of revolutionary President…

On this day in 1987, visionary pan-African icon and leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara was assassinated by his longtime friend and, at the time, minister…

Burkina Faso’s pan-African president and hero, Thomas Sankara, was assassinated on this day in 1987 in the capital, Ouagadougou.  A hit squad also killed 12 of…

Early in the morning on International Working Women’s Day, Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré took to the streets of the capital of Ouagadougou to greet women…