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...
Apartheid is a cancer that must be exterminated: Radio Havana Cuba interview with Thomas Sankara
Translators' introduction The original French text, available here, is a transcription of an oral interview, and it is clear that the person doing the transcription was unsure of a few of the formulations. We therefore did our best to render the text as coherent as...
Thomas Sankara on the founding of the Black Institute
Editorial introduction This is the first English translation of this speech—titled “Blacks must take responsibility for their own history and contribute to universal civilization"—and the second installment in a Liberation School series of previously untranslated work...
Thomas Sankara: “We didn’t import our revolution”
Sign the petition demanding the recording of Sankara's assassination trial! Editorial introduction This is the first English translation of this interview and the opening installment in a Liberation School series of previously untranslated work by Thomas Sankara. This...
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...