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Bookmark or Share- What's Your Opinion of Thomas Sankara : r/AskHistorians - RedditSo Thomas Sankara, one of the more successful Marxists in Africa. Very ambitious, as most Marxists do tend to be, hoping to help not only Burkina Faso/Upper Volta (the name of the country I will be using will be Burkina Faso though in the rest of this answer just so as to avoid confusion), but all of Africa.
- 33 years ago a true revolutionary was murdered. Thomas Sankara ... - RedditThomas Sankara (1949 - 1987) Thomas Sankara was a Burkinabé revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. A Marxist-Leninist and pan-Africanist, he was viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution and is sometimes referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara". Sankara came into power when allies instigated a ...
- [Capitalists] What do you think of Thomas Sankara?Thomas Sankara or "Africa's Che Guevara" was a revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. He followed marxist-leninist, feminist, anti-imperialist and pan-africanist philosophy and instituted (or, his government did) a huge amount of changes to the country, such as:
- Anybody have any good, unbiased info on Thomas Sankara?In West Africa, the Burkina Faso “revolution” of 1984 came to an end in 1987 with the assassination of Thomas Sankara, its initiator. Although Sankara recognized that the majority peasant population was a key force, he unfortunately had an overtly critical attitude toward the trade union movement and left-wing parties.[116]
- What is your opinion on Thomas Sankara? : r/Anarchy101 - RedditIn West Africa, the Burkina Faso “revolution” of 1984 came to an end in 1987 with the assassination of Thomas Sankara, its initiator. Although Sankara recognized that the majority peasant population was a key force, he unfortunately had an overtly critical attitude toward the trade union movement and left-wing parties.
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