Thomas Sankara Speaks

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Under Sankara’s leadership, the revolutionary government of Burkina Faso in West Africa set an electrifying example. Peasants, workers, women, and youth mobilized to carry out literacy and immunization drives; to sink wells, plant trees, build dams, erect housing; to combat the oppression of women and transform exploitative relations on the land; to free themselves from the imperialist yoke and solidarize with others engaged in that fight internationally. To read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS & PROMO tab on this page. “The originality of Sankara’s ideas… make this collection a highly useful tool.” —Le Monde diplomatique “This is an excellent book for pan Africanist and all others who wish to see how this young man transformed a whole people' outlook and fortunes in so short a time." —The Point, Gambia News for Freedom and Democracy “Pathfinder Press has done a service by
Under Sankara’s leadership, the revolutionary government of Burkina Faso in West Africa set an electrifying example. Peasants, workers, women, and youth mobilized to carry out literacy and immunization drives; to sink wells, plant trees, build dams, erect housing; to combat the oppression of women and transform exploitative relations on the land; to free themselves from the imperialist yoke and solidarize with others engaged in that fight internationally. To read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS & PROMO tab on this page. “The originality of Sankara’s ideas… make this collection a highly useful tool.” —Le Monde diplomatique “This is an excellent book for pan Africanist and all others who wish to see how this young man transformed a whole people' outlook and fortunes in so short a time. —The Point, Gambia News for Freedom and Democracy “Pathfinder Press has done a service by producing this book. —African Communist “The book is a valuable resource for all those who wish to learn from the Burkinabe experience and Sankara‘s pivotal role in it. —Race and Class “On the emancipation of women, I have not read anything clearer.” —Zimbabwe Herald “I would enthusiastically recommend Thomas Sankara Speaks to all students of African politics, whatever their particular specialty. It is very readable and an excellent primary source.” —Africa Today