Thomas Sankara
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Thomas Sankara

A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa

Brian J. Peterson

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Thomas Sankara

A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa

Brian J. Peterson

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Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa offers the first complete biography in English of the dynamic revolutionary leader from Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. Coming to power in 1983, Sankara set his sights on combating social injustice, poverty, and corruption in his country, fighting for women's rights, direct forms of democracy, economic sovereignty, and environmental justice.

Drawing on government archival sources and over a hundred interviews with Sankara's family members, friends, and closest revolutionary colleagues, Brian J. Peterson details Sankara's political career and rise to power, as well as his assassination at age 37 in 1987, in a plot led by his close friend Blaise Compaoré.

Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa offers a unique, critical appraisal of Sankara and explores why he generated such enthusiasm and hope in Burkina Faso and beyond, why he was such a polarizing figure, how his rivals seized power from him, and why T-shirts sporting his image still appear on the streets today.

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780253053787
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Political Biographies
Index
Politics & International Relations

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    Citation styles for Thomas Sankara

    APA 6 Citation

    Peterson, B. (2021). Thomas Sankara ([edition missing]). Indiana University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2076541/thomas-sankara-pdf (Original work published 2021)

    Chicago Citation

    Peterson, Brian. (2021) 2021. Thomas Sankara. [Edition missing]. Indiana University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/2076541/thomas-sankara-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Peterson, B. (2021) Thomas Sankara. [edition missing]. Indiana University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2076541/thomas-sankara-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Peterson, Brian. Thomas Sankara. [edition missing]. Indiana University Press, 2021. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.