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Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara
Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (d. 1987)

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987. He is viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of the revolution, and a powerful advocate for Pan-Africanism and workers rights, while his critics condemn his human rights abuses and the authoritarian government he led.

21 December 1949

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