Thomas Sankara
Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankarawas a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution, he is commonly referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara"...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 December 1949
yesterday fundamentals want
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.
upright-man
He who feeds you, controls you
patriotic political soldier
Without patriotic political education, a soldier is only a potential criminal.
fundamentals madness certain
You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.
yesterday want able
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.
doe demand
He who does not feed you can demand nothing of you,
dare
We must dare to invent the future
effort our-words our-actions
We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.