Voices of Liberation: Thomas Sankara

by Jean-Claude Kongo and Leo Zeilig

His image is unmistakable: with beret and broad grin, Thomas Sankara's picture is pasted on run-down taxis and seen on the walls of local bars throughout Africa. Known widely as the African Che Guevara, Sakara was Burkina Faso's president from August 1983 until October 1987, when he was killed in a military coup led by Blaise Compaor?. His revolutionary ideas for African self-reliance made him an icon to many of Africa's poor, and he remains immensely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0796925178
• ISBN13: 9780796925176
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: HSRC Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.2"