Acting · geboren 1949-12-21 · Bat Yam, Israel

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (Yako, December 21, 1949 – Ouagadougou, October 15, 1987) was a military officer, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist, and political leader of Burkina Faso. He was a popular captain and the Prime Minister when the country was still called the Republic of Upper Volta. Shortly thereafter, he became the fifth Voltan president since the liberation from French rule and the first president of Burkina Faso.

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• Concerning Violence (2014) – Self - President of Burkina Faso (archive footage)
• Capitaine Thomas Sankara (2012) – Self (archive footage)
• Thomas Sankara, l'homme intègre (2006) – Self (archive footage)
• Laissez-faire (2015) – Self (archive footage)
• Quel giorno uccisero la felicità (2013)
• Thomas Sankara: l'espoir assassiné (1991)