THOMAS SANKARA SPEAKS: the Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-1987

487pp., illus., maps, paperback, Inkani Books, Johannesburg, 2023

ISBN: 9781776421534

First published in the USA in 1988.

Preface by Mary-Alice Waters. Introduction by editor Michel Prairie.

A collection of speeches and interviews by Thomas Sankara, from 1983-1987.

Revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara came to power in Burkina Faso in 1983. He was assassinated in 1987 at the age of 37 in a plot led by his close friend Blaise Compaoré.