Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–87

"Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–87" is a collection of speeches and interviews by Thomas Sankara, the charismatic Marxist revolutionary and president of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. The book captures Sankara's vision and leadership during a brief but transformative revolution in one of Africa's poorest countries. <div> </div><div>Sankara advocated for radical change, focusing on anti-imperialism, self-reliance, social justice, and pan-Africanism. His government mobilized peasants, workers, women, and youth for ambitious projects including literacy campaigns, health improvements, food self-sufficiency, reforestation, and women's rights reforms such as outlawing female gen*tal mutilation, forced marriage, and polygamy. He famously emphasized dignity, freedom, and responsibility of ordinary people to "invent the future" and resist the economic and social shackles imposed by neocolonialism and capitalism.</div>