Thomas Sankara
Birthday
1949/12/21
Day of death
1987/10/15 (37 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bat Yam, Israel
Also know as
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Biography
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.
Acting
(2015) Laissez-faire
as Self (archive footage)
(2013) Sankara ... And That Day They Killed Happiness
as ---
(2006) Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) Thomas Sankara
as ---
(2012) Capitaine Thomas Sankara
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) Concerning Violence
as Self - President of Burkina Faso (archive footage)