Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) wis a Burkinabé militar captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist theorist, an Preses o Burkina Faso frae 1983 tae 1987.[1][2]
Thomas Sankara | |
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| File:Sankara-Portrait-by RYU 2017.jpg Sketch o Sankara | |
| Preses o Burkina Faso | |
| In office 4 August 1983 – 15 October 1987 | |
| Precedit bi | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo |
| Succeedit bi | Blaise Compaoré |
| Prime Meenister o Upper Volta | |
| In office 10 Januar 1983 – 17 Mey 1983 | |
| Preses | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo |
| Precedit bi | Saye Zerbo |
| Succeedit bi | Youssouf Ouédraogo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1949 Yako, French Wast Africae (Nou Burkina Faso) |
| Dee'd | 15 October 1987 (aged 37) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Spoose(s) | Mariam Sankara |
References eedit
- ↑ Burkina Faso Salutes "Africa's Che" Thomas Sankara by Mathieu Bonkoungou, Reuters, Oct 17 2007
- ↑ Thomas Sankara Speaks: the Burkina Faso Revolution: 1983–87, by Thomas Sankara, edited by Michel Prairie; Pathfinder, 2007, pg 11