Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ izidɔʁ nɔɛl sɑ̃kaʁa]; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist who became President of Burkina Faso from 1983, when he took over in a coup, until his assassination in 1987.

2024年12月17日 · Thomas Sankara (born December 21, 1949, Yako, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]—died October 15, 1987, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) was a military officer and proponent of Pan-Africanism who was installed as president of …

2022年2月10日 · Within a matter of minutes, Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso’s young and charismatic president, was dead. In power for just four years, Sankara had instituted wide-sweeping reforms that liberated women, improved literacy, and helped the environment.

2023年7月6日 · Thomas Sankara is hailed as a hero. The leader of Burkina Faso, he had successfully steered his country through hardships and, with an anti-imperialist, socialist stance, had given the people of his country hope for the future. On October 15, 1987, Sankara was assassinated in a coup d’état.

2022年11月19日 · Best remembered for his bravery, assertiveness and austere lifestyle, Thomas Sankara was an outspoken 20 th century anti-imperial political leader. Commonly hailed as one of the greatest African leaders of all time, Sankara served …

2021年10月11日 · Mr. Sankara was assassinated 34 years ago, with 12 others, by a hit squad in the capital, Ouagadougou, after only four years in power. Now, 14 men accused of plotting his...

2020年12月21日 · Sankara, a fierce enemy of the global system of neocolonial, imperialist capitalism (as well as all forms of bigotry and oppression), was assassinated on October 15, 1987, just four years after the people lifted him up as …

Thomas Sankara was a Burkinabé revolutionary who served as the president of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. A communist and a pan-Africanist, he was also known as "Africa's Che Guevara.” Sankara had learned about left-leaning politics at his military academy.

Sankara, Burkina Faso, a village in Burkina Faso; Sankara Eye Foundation, a US-based non-profit working to eradicate curable blindness in India; Sankara Stones, magical rocks from the 1984 feature film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Sankhara, mental formations in Buddhist philosophy

Sankaraship, a term coined by Joagni Pare, is all about the life and leadership principles practiced by Thomas Sankara — the young, charismatic, and Pan-African leader who served as President of Burkina Faso from 4 August 1983 to his assassination on 15 October 1987.