Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987 (Paperback)
by Thomas Sankara
Description
This second edition includes a new introduction by editor Michel Prairie, foreword, maps, chronology and glossary, as well as an index.
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In this collection of speeches and interviews, Thomas Sankara explains how the peasants and workers of Burkina Faso established a popular revolutionary government; started to fight the hunger, illiteracy, and economic backwardness imposed by imperialist domination; and began to combat the oppression of women inherited from thousands of years of class society.
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Their actions set an example not only for the workers and peasants of Africa but for those of the whole world, then and now.
About the Author
Thomas Sankara led the revolution that took place in the West African country Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. He was assassinated on October 15, 1987 in a coup carried out by Blaise Compaoré, who was president of the country from 1987 to 2014.
Product Details
Category: Nonfiction, Memoir, History
Language: English
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New
ISBN-10: 0873489861
ISBN-13: 978-0873489867
Publisher: Pathfinder
Date Published: January 01, 2007
Pages: 448
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