Thomas Sankara (1949–1987)
Auteur de Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: unknown, Burkina Faso government
Œuvres de Thomas Sankara
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Sankara, Thomas Isidore Noël
- Date de naissance
- 1949-12-21
- Date de décès
- 1987-10-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Burkina Faso
- Lieu de naissance
- Yako, Upper Volta, French West Africa
- Lieu du décès
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Cause du décès
- assassination
- Professions
- army officer
Prime Minister, Upper Volta
President, Burkina Faso
Membres
Critiques
Listes
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 215
- Popularité
- #103,625
- Évaluation
- 4.7
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 18
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 1
He wanted a thriving, self sufficient Burkina Faso and refused foriegn aid that only came with a lot of strings attached. He didn't shy away from introducing some draconian measures and acknowledged the excesses of the revolution. As he says, "You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.
Always standing up for human dignity and freedom, he always had great faith in people. Particularly the burkinabe people. He demanded great sacrifices from people by setting his own example of modest living. He was very similar to Che Guevara in this way. And both of them were true internationalists.
This book is a collection of his speeches and interviews.… (plus d'informations)