Thomas Sankara

The leader of the Burkina Faso revolution recounts how peasants and workers in this West African country began confronting hunger, illiteracy, and economic backwardness prior to the 1987 coup in which Sankara was murdered.

The Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-87

Thomas Sankara Speaks

Marion

The women and men of our society are all victims of imperialist oppression and domination. That is why they wage the same battle. The revolution and women's liberation go together. We do not talk of women's emancipation as an act of charity or out of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution to triumph.

Let's be clear. Although our revolution is not made for export, we don't intend to go out of our way to shut the Burkinabe Revolution up inside an impenetrable fortress.

Our revolution is an ideology that blows freely and is at the disposal of all those who feel the need to take advantage of it.

Thomas Sankara Speaks The Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-87