![]() Managed reconquest of Africa, intended to subjugate its growth and development Manage our states and economies” Elaborating on debt as a form of neocolonialĬurrent form, controlled and dominated by imperialism, debt is a skillfully ![]() Lend us money are those who colonized us. Sankara explains: “Debt’s origins come from colonialism’s origins. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia which occurred mere months before his assassination The summit of the Organization of African Unity to African heads of state held Like so many others, was painfully aware of the utterly destructive role ofĭebt as the primary lever of neocolonialism. One doctor for 50,000 inhabitants 16 per cent receiving schooling and lastly,Ī gross domestic product of 53,356 CFA francs, that is, just over $100 per capita.” Literacy is considered to mean being able to read, write and speak a language Inhabitants, with more than 6 million peasants infant mortality at 180 perġ,000 life expectancy of 40 years an illiteracy rate of 98 per cent, if United Nations Sankara describes conditions before the revolution: In his 1984 speech to the General Assembly of the Volta Sankara grew up in was subsequently one of the poorest, most illiterateĬountries in the world. However, political independence did not equate to freedomįrom a new model of neocolonial French domination. When Sankara was 11 years-old, his country gained political independence fromįrench colonialism. Sankara and Pan-African revolutionary socialism. It is the duty ofĬommunists to combat this epistemic violence and celebrate the legacy of ![]() The racist tropes of totalitarianism or authoritarianism. Struggle, such as Sankara, tend to be either completely ignored or dismissed through Particular have been at the forefront actually overthrowing colonialism through Historical example he set and the part he payed in the liberation of his ownĬountry and others, but also to the way he primarily expressed his politicalĬurrency in both academic and activist circles in the West, African leaders in Sankara’s major contributions today are not only the What is available is a handful of speeches laying out the basicĬontours of his radical analysis and non-dogmatic revolutionary vision craftedįor a popular audience. Most of his peers Sankara wrote no major works for revolutionaries to study and Sankara is considered to have been one of the world’s most notable pan-African socialist revolutionaries. ![]() A charismatic yet notably humble figure, Sankara is often referred to as the Ché Guevara of Africa. Like other influential socialists of the twentieth century Sankara’s life and anti-colonial and decolonial legacy continue to inspire anti-imperialist and Pan-African youth movements across Africa and beyond. ![]() Sankara, a fierceĮnemy of the global system of neocolonial, imperialist capitalism (as well asĪll forms of bigotry and oppression), was assassinated on October 15, 1987, just four years after the people lifted him up as the president of their Isidore Noël Sankara was born Decemin Upper Volta (today Burkinaįaso), which, at the time, was a West African French colony. Thomas Sankara: Leadership and action that inspires 71 years later.More than 2,075 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Burkina Faso since the program. The Peace Corps has enjoyed a long partnership with the government and people of Burkina Faso and hopes to be able to continue volunteers’ work there. There were 124 volunteers working in Burkina Faso on projects in community economic development, education and health. The Peace Corps looks forward to a time when volunteers can return while underscoring that the safety and security of its volunteers are the agency’s top priority. The Peace Corps has been closely monitoring the safety and security environment in Burkina Faso and will continue to assess the situation. WASHINGTON, D.C., Septem– The Peace Corps today announced that, acting with an abundance of caution and considering the unique circumstances of their service, all Peace Corps Burkina Faso volunteers have been successfully evacuated out of the country due to security concerns. ![]()
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