Recitazione

Thomas Sankara

Data di nascita

21 dicembre 1949

Data di morte

15 ottobre 1987

(morto a 37 anni)

Luogo di nascita

Bat Yam, Israel

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Biografia

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (Yako, December 21, 1949 – Ouagadougou, October 15, 1987) was a military officer, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist, and political leader of Burkina Faso. He was a popular captain and the Prime Minister when the country was still called the Republic of Upper Volta. Shortly thereafter, he became the fifth Voltan president since the liberation from French rule and the first president of Burkina Faso.