Translators' introduction This is the first English translation of an interview with Thomas Sankara, originally published here in French under the title, “We vote for Le Pen too much in Ouagadougou.” The interview took place on August 5, 1985 and was first printed in...
Pan-Africanism
Walter Rodney’s revolutionary praxis: An interview with Devyn Springer
The following interview, facilitated by Derek Ford, took place via e-mail during June and July in preparation for Black August, when progressive organizers and activists deepen our study of and commitment to the Black struggle in the U.S. and the anti-colonial and...
Thomas Sankara: Leadership and action that inspires 71 years later
Liberation Audio · Thomas Sankara: Leadership and action that inspires 71 years later Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was born December 21, 1949 in Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), which, at the time, was a West African French colony. Sankara, a fierce enemy of the...