Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary, Why was He Killed?
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2023
- In the dusty heart of Burkina Faso, where the sun sears the barren earth and the wind whispers secrets of a turbulent past, a revolutionary’s voice rose, echoed, and reverberated across the African plains..
This revolutionary was none other than Thomas Sankara, the late former president of Burkina Faso. Sankara rose to power in 1983, and he immediately became a committed, self-sacrificing rebel who, during his four years as leader of a small, impoverished nation, sought to improve the lives of ordinary people while at the same time projecting the country onto the international stage...
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#Sankara #BurkinaFaso
I am Palestinian and for me the late Thomas Sankara has always been an absolute hero whose story and untimely death at the hands of the French and their lackeys makes me tearful every time. Much love to Burkina and all of Africa from (still Western Imperialist occupied) Palestine and may the memory of Mr Sankara never be forgotten. ❤ 🇵🇸 🇧🇫
Palestine will be free
AMEN!
Israel was inspired by American colonization and probably other western colonizers as well. They used to admit they were colonizers so they could get support from others like the US and UK
Great history and should be followad.
We condemn the apartheid ethnoreliguous state that currently occupy your land
Betrayal often comes from people sitting next to you-Thomas Sankara what an ICON he was!
Spot on my friend
@@Henrikbuitenhuis Visionaries always go down like this, due to the trust they placed on the wrong people!
who else could it come from? you can only be betrayed by a friend or colleagues. not by an enemy.
@@geoffreyjoseph514 What defines you is how an individual overcomes from that position!
As you said "betrayal often comes from the people next to you" and its sad when it's your own black people who you are in defence of,fighting the outside forces who have colonised your land and exploiting your land and your people only to be betrayed by the people you are fighting for. Let me reiterate that the enslavement of Africans was made possible by fellow Africans who acted in collusion with the Europeans all because we have no honour among ourselves as black people.
As a young african, If I can only achieve 10% of what Thomas Sankara acquired I will die peacefully.
Me too at least 5%
You make me cry😢
If I as European can at least help people like you with that, in whatever way is just, I hopefully can die peacefully as well. I feel angry that we never learned about people like Thomas Sankara in school. His story should especially be taught in Europe.
MAKE A START. Get you countrymen to become.e knowledgeable.
Go ahead and reach out for the highest stars
I respect your desire
Thomas Sankara was a Pan-Africanist who worked toward the unification of Africa. He was
killed by the west.
Do not allow them to kill Ibrahim Traore and General Abdourahmane Tchiani of Niger.
Bad leaders get silver for being a sellout and good leaders get lead which is death from 1st world countries.
he literally wasnt killed by "the west"
Sankara was a great man. The last 2 you mentioned, definitely not.
@@kereckelizabeth3625 why?
As an American I can say #1 we do not care who is in charge of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso or Guinea if the people want them in power, then so be it. And #2 if you want to replace France with Russia as your colonial masters who are we to stop you? But don't come complaining to us when Russia reverts to its old tactics of cronyism, nepotism, human rights abuses and murder along with stealing Africa's resources because you were warned a long time ago that they would do this but who are we to stop you in Africa of (again) shooting yourself in the foot to spite your face.
The first time I saw a video of this great man, I wept tears. Painful tears. He's a hero. My hero. Much love from Kenya.
Where are the leaders like Sankara ? A leader who truly loved the people. Humble, visionary who worked for the people. A rare leader.
His spirit is back in BF
The young President of Burkina Faso has it.
Dead
murdered by the cia
Leaders like Sankara never live long, even if we had a New Sankara in 2023 his life would be in danger
Thomas Isidore Sankara - Leader, pan-african anti-imperialist, environmentalist, gender activist, pro-education, anti-patronage. Truly, truly he was a leader who came before his time. Not without fault but a leader who set himself apart from those before and those that have come after. May the spirit of Sankara once more rise in our leaders! Long live!
What A Leader. Any Colononized Leader should see
AMEN!
He's a great Pan African leader warrior and hero.
Apt summary!🎉😢😢
What is a gander activist??? Please don't tell me that you actually believe that he fought for all of these different ganders???
Sankara is never dead.sankara, sankara, sankara!!!! 🇬🇭
I had the honor of meeting and speaking with him when he came to America. God Bless His Soul
What did you two discuss? Where did you meet, state? Thanks.
@@ranjittyagi9354 He came to my college in NY. He invited me to his Presidential Palace. He was garnering young Black American support for his country. He explained naming of Burkina Faso in part of his speech to us before I went up to meet him and shake his hand.
Wow, an actual leader who stood for the people even after he gained power. You don’t see that almost anywhere anymore. RIP Sankara, you were a real one.
Sankara has my utmost respect. So unfair that his life was cut short after all the wonderful things he did for his country and people 😞
Yes, cut short by his best (evil) friend for that matter!!!
@@MikeJones-ck4ytPaid off by the west no doubt! 🤨
@@MikeJones-ck4ytkeep your enemies close and friends even closer only friends can hurt you envy and jealousy are evil thoughts played out by the wickedness of envious friends family and enemies
@@MikeJones-ck4ytyeah the same thing happened to Lumumba.
@@cosmopolitanwonder9675 ,
Thomas Sankara his story will always be told because he was one in a million among presidents in Africa. May his soul rest in peace and may all Africans never forget this great man.
Him being a martyr instead of dying from old age will prove to be more dangerous than anyone of our enemies ever imaged
Rejecting from IMF & world bank? Amazing. This man is legendary.
No but, that’s what was said in the video.
this is why it's important to continuously tell their stories. We keep their values and achievements alive for the next generation to learn from.
This man is still one of my favorite heroes in Africa
Well you haven't heard about the Ancient African Heros yet wait until you do ❤❤❤
My grand aunt from County Mayo.,Ireland, she described him as a prick,but a very honest prick,she was a nun
Thomas was one of a kind,my grandaunt educated him she was a nun,she called him a prick but an honest prick
@@wakandajamcan you make a few? I know some but I’m always trying to learn more.
Sankara is truly a legendary revolutionary, I have a copy of a collection of his speeches
Kindly provide us
@@elipidhugotesha1909
We Are the Heirs of the World's Revolutions is the title (:
Kindly provide me as soon as possible thank u.
❤
One of the greatest revolutionaries that Africa has ever had. AFRICA needs leaders with the heart of Sankara and his revolutioary mind. God bless his legacy, people🇧🇫 and Africa ✊🏿❤️
What took him away is still the cause of why Africa countries will remain in poverty, the greediness and selfishness of our black leaders.. Without a crack in the wall, no creepling reptiles can gain access to it. When the West spot a greedy and selfish person, it easier to use them against other black people..
I am African, a Panafricanist and Rwandan. His Late forever President Sankara is an ALL Africa Hero! Oh how sweet to see him reincarnated in the today's Leader Capitaine Président!
Sankara was a visionary, a true African Hero.
May his soul be blessed ✊🏾🌍
Thomas Sankara is a hero
this is the understatement of the century tbh
@tb3667 his successor was worse
the fact he made Marxism work in a way that benefited the people is insane.
There was no massive corruption like Ghana and the USSR, and no mass starvation like Zimbabwe. Flaws were there, of course, but he worked for a better world *and made progress*
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@tb3667You fool , who are you to tell us our history and who our hero is? We know you people ( West ) and we are ready to fight you guys to the last African standing, note today that we will never again allow what happened to Sankara, Gaddafi, Nandi, Nkrumah etc to happen again to any of our leaders. You bloody fool westerner.
I have always heard about Thomas Sankara but this is the first time I will really know about his life.
What a leader. He modeled what political leadership should look like. May his life inspire a revolution of leadership character in Africa.
Thomas Sankara the Man for the people, a Hero history cannot ignore and a landmark to remember. He is one of Africa's finest. I soo much love this man
Waiting for it...Sankara the HERO
Sankara was a man ahead of his time. The nation was on the verge of a new era, but sadly, had to be dragged back into the giant belly of the colonials that have been slowly sucking the continent leaving behind lands devoid of stability, resources, and progresses. It appears what is good for Africa always does not last long or severely suppressed by the indirect muscle of the colonials or by our own power hungry pigs. After nearly 40 years post Sankara's death, the continent still worships foreign influences, leaders still kill their own people to grab a chair as a pathway to self wealth gratification, officials still live in palace rolling in imported luxury automobiles while mothers in the motherland mix tiny grain powder with large water to reach out to all their children, and so much more. The continent needs someone to carry on Sankara's kind of legacy if there is any hope for Africa to see a new light of a day.
Ibrahim Traore is the man today for Burkina Faso, but I don't think that he can match up with Sankara when it comes to making women to go to the service sector, because Ibrahim Traore is a Muslim. Sankara made it possible because he is a Christian and there's a difference treatment for women when it comes to religion, I think.
He was a hero of his people, also, you need more micro details on who 'colonials' actually are
I know for a fact that the wealth of EUROPE was built by slaves.
@@redshift1223 France, America, and now Russia and China to my knowledge are the main Neo Colonial influences
May his soul continue to rest in peace. Amen!
A pure truthful honest Son of Africa, and a Man of his words, living the Actions of his mouth, Governed by intelligence and understanding colonialism ,directly and indirectly, once awake, hard to go back to sleep, the ultimate price, lest it be forfeited
Burkina faso will inshallah prosper and become rich much love from saudi arabia 🇸🇦 ❤️ 🇧🇫
Sankara one of Africa's best 👌
I loved Sankara so much that everytime I looked at him, my heart melted. Miraculously, in 2001 God blessed me with a grandson who looks very much like Sankara.
The revolution never truly dies✊
This hero will live forever in us.
... unfortunately so will the traitors! We must cease being polite about those who betray their own people.
@@God_is_love_believeyes traitors deserve the worst punishments.
This was an amazing Masterclass on the late great Thomas Sankara. It’s very sad the Self Hate that exists among Africans and African Descendants worldwide that we would allow Money, Power,Greed and Foreign influences to get into our heads and destroyed our very own. The enemy used his very own to take him down. I wake up every day with this thought what went wrong? Why do hate each other but, very welcoming to the very people where either themselves or their ancestors have caused us so much pain? Our minds need to be Born Again!! Thanks
French neo colonialism killed him. But his legacy lives on especially today with the young military taking over and finishing what he started. Bravo 👏
Amen 🙏, Amen, Amen
Our great Hero can't never forget you.
Ibrahima traore is the new sankara.suport from Kenya 🇰🇪❤️
Since the days he came to visit President Babangida I would have watched his photos and read about him one thousand times and once had his photo hanging in my room. I don't know how and why am obsessed about Sankara PBOH.
He trully a Progressive man, advance in his time. Great leader, Great Soul and more than a Noble Man - a Great Honourable Thomas Shankara.
Africa rise up. Now is the time❤
We are glad God has raised an army of leaders for Africa, Amen.
Your enemies are closer than you think
A true unsung African hero. A true Pan Africanist, not these wannabes.
a leader to be remembered forever!!! congrats for another AWESOME material! 😊
Son Of The Soil. Thank you for the detailed information About our African Hero. I am from Zimbabwe
The story of Sankara reminds me a lot of Samora Machel! In the early 60s when Josina Machel demanded that women play the same role as men in the armed struggle Samora agreed and some of Mozambique's greatest heroes of the independence war are women!
And they liked each other
Thomas Sankara comes second after K. Krumah as the greatest sons of Africa. He's ETERNAL. Hands down
Long live Sankara 🙌🏿 Africa will Rise
Dankie Siyabonga from South Africa
Continue to rest well HERO @ Thomas Sankara 🥹.. love you from Ghana 🇬🇭 ❤
RIP to Sankara his path continues long live Captain Ibrahim Traoré much love from Iran 🇮🇷🤝🏻
From NW India here. 😊
The Great Thomas Sankara, he has set the most unlikely to be reached standards in leadership in Africa.
These videos are so heart warming.
i love learning about Africa through your channel. so much interesting history that never gets attention in the wider world.
His spirit lives on in Ibraham Tourey 🙌🏿💫💜
I need urgent help with how I can like this video more than once 😂😂😂
I'm looking forward to this, I love world/niche history and you've filled in gaps I didn't even know I had.
He was kinetic, but had a special halo and determination with him.
Im ,not African. I come from a small island in the Caribbean.....This video was very impressive of Mr sankara...may he rest in peace and may god keep his family safe.....a true honor to learn of his legacy.
Truly the harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few !!
Thanks! Job well done. Continue our education. Fr the USA. Blessings I can watch this again and again! U have touched my heart.
Wow, thank you so much
We need him now.
He’s reincarnated in Ibrahim Traore . Throw him your full support .
If the rumors are true about Ibrahim Traore being the reincarnation of Comrade Thomas Sankara, I pray that nothing will stop the African Revolution from rising from the grave like the Phoenix.
Thomas Sankara and Che Guevara are the true Revolutionaries that practiced what they preached. My country Nigeria, my continent Africa and the world needs such heroes to save us from the monsters of Imperialism.
Since you mentioned Che Guevara, you must mention Fidel Castro who had the support of most of the Cuban people and stood up and survived many attempts on his life, but outlived several imperialists until he died peacefully in his homeland! Amazibg fact! Please do a similar case study on Fidel. I often think and wonder how did he survive the several attempts to kill him! I strongly believe he was divinely protected and he 3as disciplined! He paid attention to the Spirit guidance. He was so led by the Almighty that he was able to thwart the plot of the enemies! We all have to pay attention and seek the Most High for wisdom and guidance. We cannot rely on ourselves alone! Blessings to every righteous soul!!!❤❤❤
Very intelligent man! RIP Sankara!
What an inspiration
Tatenda never disappoints with his documentaries about African historical figures,he also looks at both sides of the story rather than only the canonized side of a historic figure,he also addresses the short comings so we get a balanced view of the person.
Sankara was sabotaged by Ivorian leader Felix Boigny who was an unapologetic French puppet,today we have Capitaine Traore leading Africa's 3rd Revolution.
Speaking of the current Capitaine,he finds himself at odds with the current Ivorian Leader Alasane Ouattarra who is again another unapologetic French puppet,except he is actually the biggest French puppet ever.
This time around,we have social media and many of us are speaking with one voice to come together and get rid of the remaining Western puppets in Power like Ouattarra,Sall ,Tinubu and the other fella in GABON.These French puppets are being overthrown by coups and Ouattarra is next.
The France prefecture of Togo and the head prefect from the evil Eyadema family
The Zion train has set off already and is rolling on its invisible rails like wind can’t be seen but felt and it’s actions visible.All puppets will be crushed is just a matter of time.Ecowas must be dissolved. Urgency matter. What do you think?
The problem with coups... The people you're getting your weapons from and the like are the only ones who are winning. WHY are we Africans keep with THIS same sad move over and over and over again. STOP using these people's weapons to keep ourselves. THAT'S all we're doing and they happily keep giving you the weapons because "they" benefit😮💨😤
The problem with coups... The people you're getting your weapons from and the like are the only ones who are winning. WHY are we Africans keep with THIS same sad move over and over and over again. STOP using these people's weapons to keep ourselves. THAT'S all we're doing and they happily keep giving you the weapons because "they" benefit😮💨😤
The problem with coups... The people you're getting your weapons from and the like are the only ones who are winning. WHY are we Africans keep with THIS same sad move over and over and over again. STOP using these people's weapons to keep ourselves. THAT'S all we're doing and they happily keep giving you the weapons because "they" benefit😮💨😤
looking forward to it
God rest his soul. Im African America, learning African history. I hope he is smiling see what is taking place today in his country.
We need a part two of this!!!
Thanks brother for this wonderful documentary!! I’ve never heard about Thomas. Now I have to do some digging & study. Man, he was before his time. Giving Women’s rights! In that Era! Wow!
Africa needs someone like Thomas Sankara who is able to make radical transformation of an every aspect of social lives .
They have someone now
A true man of the people, a revolutionary and a great hero, all leaders should take inspiration from the great Thomas Sankara 🏴✊🏼🇧🇫
Wow. Thomas Sankara is a great man, a great leader and a great president for his country Burinka Faso in Africa. He his a true hero and a man that represent the people to become economically free from the French Colony and it's imperialist empire. He his truly the greastest and one of a kind in a million years. Free Africa Thomas Sankara.
The best leader "post" colonial Africa had. May his legacy live on and be revitalised in his own Burkina Faso by Captain Ibrahim Traoré and elsewhere on the African continent.
Down with the puppets up with the upright men!
Gaddafi was the truth also
@@Nonono27489 absolutely, i love the Colonel as well, and Nasser of Egypt...
But Sankara had something different about him.
Sankara didn't loot the state@@musamusashi
@@jcsv12345 surely he didn't. So what is your point?
I thank you all for this video about this forgotten revolutionary. I will show this in my world history class.
Truly an upright man
Love your Videos keep Up the good Work Can you do Mobutu next please ❤🙏🏾
The coup in Niger opened my eyes to learn more about Africa strive for independence for a long time.
Hail Thomas Sankara!!! More leaders should take an example out of him!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He showed Africa and the world what is possible with the right leader.
I didn’t know that he existed until now. Very great video I thank you for your time and dedication for this video!
Good name is better than riches.Akan proverb has it that a man dies but his / tongue never dies… rest in peace our comrade.We know who our enemies are.
Sankara was very modest
His policy was good.
A timely contribution for African politics.
I wil lcall my son Thomas Sankara🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
What a handsome man, intelligent and a true leader. RIP😢
I can’t believe I never heard of Mr. Sankara until a month ago. It’s crazy how nobody really talks about him. Every leader should be like Thomas.
Educational and well narrated content
He is a good man i love you my brother thomas sankara you will be very miss my yuh ppl who was with u 100%❤❤
Thomas Sankara rest well my Hero
Africa now needs a Mandela, Patrice lumumba and Thomas Sankara true African leaders 🙌👏
he is my hero him and siad bare of somalia. the great thomsankara.
I am Malawian.I really admire this TRUE African HERO.
Weeh Sankara the whole Africa will never forget about you
Another great video on one of the most human leader in history, I wish modern coup leaders in Africa would strive to follow his legacy, independance, equality, education... not violence and money
Awesome Video May He Rest In Peace But His Blood Cries Out From The Ground...
Waiting for Blaise Compaoré
Please make a video on Military Coups in Africa from the first to the last one in Niger
I support you ❤
My hero, i will always love him❤
Legend 😢❤
Wow
This man is too good to be an African leader. His struggles are not forgotten. His spirit is still alive in Burkina Faso. Traore will do well.
Thomas Sankara was backstabbed by someone in his circle, long story short.
Have u ever asked why Thomas Sankara was the ONLY president of Burkina Faso killed in a coup?