Upper Volta

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara: Africa Needs More Revolutionary Leaders

Thomas Sankara. Photo: Book cover–“Voices of Liberation: Thomas Sankara.” Thirty five years ago Africa’s struggle for true independence suffered a severe blow when Thomas ...

On October 15, 1987, Thomas Sankara was killed with twelve other officials in a coup d’état instigated by Blaise Compaoré,

Pan-African Profile: Thomas Sankara “The Upright Man”

Thomas Sankara, political leader of Burkina Faso in the 1980s, was born on December 21, 1949 in Yako, a northern town in the Upper ...