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Thomas Sankara

(1949–1987) Politician

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Thomas Sankara was a politician, best known for La emancipación de la mujer y la lucha africana por la libertad.

Quick Facts About Thomas Sankara

Born: December 21, 1949
Died: October 15, 1987
Profession: Politician
Notable works: La emancipación de la mujer y la lucha africana por la libertad

About Thomas Sankara

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary who, following his takeover in a coup, remained in power as the first President of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. He was also the 5th Prime Minister of Upper Volta from January to May 1983.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Thomas Sankara

It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there…

Brain

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Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women. May my eyes never see and my feet never take…

Comrade

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A military without political training is a potential criminal.

Criminals

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Che Guevara taught us we could dare to have confidence in ourselves, confidence in our abilities. He instilled in us the conviction…

Ability

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The spirit is smothered, as it were, by ignorance, but so soon as ignorance is destroyed, spirit shine forth, like the sun…

Clouds

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We must dare to invent the future

Dare

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When the people stand up, imperialism trembles.

Imperialism

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Without patriotic political education, a soldier is only a potential criminal.

Criminals

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Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the…

Absence

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The Revolution Cannot Triumph Without the Emancipation of Women

Emancipation

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The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.

Enemy

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Never be shamed of being Afrikan

Funny

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We have to work at decolonizing our mentality and achieving happiness within the limits of sacrifice we should be willing to make.…

Accepting

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Everything that man can imagine, he is capable of creating,

Capable

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Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer…

Aids

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We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.

Action

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He who feeds you, controls you

Power

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The greatest difficulty we have faced is the neocolonial way of thinking that exists in this country. We were colonized by a…

Adversity

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I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to humanity.

Has beens

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Inequality can be done away with only by establishing a new society, where men and women will enjoy equal rights, resulting from…

Done

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May my eyes never see and my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence.

Eye

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If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong…

Corners

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Women hold up the other half of the sky ...

Acts of charity

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Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women

Comrade

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Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be…

American revolution

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