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Thomas Sankara

Also known as Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara, Captain Thomas Sankara, Africa's Che Guevara

President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987

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Thomas Sankara was the president of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, a period of significant political change in the West African nation. He is remembered as an influential figure in African history whose leadership and policies during those years continue to be studied and debated today.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1949
Died: 1987
Works: 13

Top works

Discours sur la dette - 2e édition
Nous sommes les héritiers des révolutions du monde
Thomas Sankara
Sostiene Sankara
Redécouvrir Sankara

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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…

Known for

Laissez-faire — Self (archive footage)2015
Concerning Violence — Self - President of Burkina Faso (archive footage)2014
Sankara ... And That Day They Killed Happiness2013
Capitaine Thomas Sankara — Self (archive footage)2012
Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man — Self (archive footage)2006
Thomas Sankara1991

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: South Carolina
Active from: 1949
Active to: 1987

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Listeners: 360
Total plays: 760

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,872x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,608x
U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,614x
STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,745x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,780x

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Quotes

“In these tempestuous times, we can't leave our enemies of the past and the present the monopoly on thought, imagination, and creativity.”
“When the people stand up, imperialism trembles.”
“I would like to leave behind me the conviction that if we maintain a certain amount of caution and organization we deserve victory. ... You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future. It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. ... We must dare to invent the future.”

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Official website

Thomas Sankara Website - Officiel thomassankara.net - Thomas Sankara

Révolution burkinabè- Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara Website - Officiel thomassankara.net- Thomas Sankara, Thomas Sankara, né le 21 décembre 1949 à Yako en Haute-Volta et mort assassiné le 15 octobre 1987 à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso.

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.thomassankara.net
Image: Thomas Sankara in Harlem (1984).png
Number of children: 2

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date of birth: 1949-12-21
date of death: 1987-10-15
Commons category: Thomas Sankara
name in native language: Thomas Sankara
birth name: Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara
end of work period: 1987-10-15
start of work period: 1966-00-00

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Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) 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.

After Sankara was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1983, he had political disputes with the sitting government that resulted in his eventual imprisonment. While he was under house arrest, a group of revolutionaries seized power on his behalf in a popular coup later that year.