Thomas Sankara’s Burkinabé Revolution
How did Thomas Sankara try to transform Burkina Faso?
4.7 (12)
34 mins
Discover Thomas Sankara’s rise to power and his vision for transforming Burkina Faso through political, social, and economic reforms. Uncover the revolution he led, the challenges it faced, and how his assassination brought his four-year presidency to an end.
Ep 1:
The Making of a Revolutionary
Before the bicycle and the podium speeches, Thomas Sankara was a soldier disillusioned by a pointless war and a corrupt hierarchy — and a man being radicalized toward revolution.
Ep 2:
Land of Upright Men
Seizing power in a bloodless coup, Sankara renames his nation, upends its economy and gender norms, and builds a revolution that begins showing dangerous cracks from within.
Ep 3:
Debt, Betrayal, and Resurrection
Sankara's fiery debt speech electrifies Africa and terrifies the West, setting the stage for betrayal, assassination, decades of erasure, and a long-delayed reckoning with justice.
Discussions (5)
Patrick
Level 8 · 5 days agoLiteracy went from 13% to 73% in 4 years? That tracks with records
August
Level 4 · 5 days agoSankara fired 1300 teachers mid literacy campaign.. that contradiction still bothers me.
Bill
Level 3 · 5 days agoThe CDRs weren't just a side effect of the revolution, they were a direct tool of it. You can't separate Sankara's legacy from the surveillance state he built to protect it.
