Thomas Sankara (1949–1987)
Autore di Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: unknown, Burkina Faso government
Opere di Thomas Sankara
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Sankara, Thomas Isidore Noël
- Data di nascita
- 1949-12-21
- Data di morte
- 1987-10-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Burkina Faso
- Luogo di nascita
- Yako, Upper Volta, French West Africa
- Luogo di morte
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Causa della morte
- assassination
- Attività lavorative
- army officer
Prime Minister, Upper Volta
President, Burkina Faso
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Utenti
- 219
- Popolarità
- #102,099
- Voto
- 4.7
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 18
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 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.… (altro)