75 YEARS OF THOMAS SANKARA: BURKINA FASO AND THE EMINENCE OF SANKARISM
ANANDHAPRIYAN M. Thomas Sankara, popularly referred to as the “African Che Guevara”, was born on December 21, 1949. He was a military officer and later became the president of Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta) in 1983 after a coup. At a young age,…