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 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | (aged 37)
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