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Yesufu, Shaka. "A critical evaluation of Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara’s servant leadership style of government in Burkina-Faso." EUREKA: Social and Humanities, no. 2 (March 31, 2022): 93–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.21303/2504-5571.2022.002356.

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Many authors have written and documented this illustrious and selfless son of the African continent, highlighting his unique kind of leadership different from the one that the African continent has ever experienced for a generation. His style of leadership for four years (1983–1987) as president of Burkina Faso eclipsed several African despots and corrupt leaders before and after Thomas Sankara. This article has three purposes as follows: first, to explore and celebrate the short-lived life of Thomas Sankara, and his legacies. Second, to critically evaluate his solid leadership characteristics and achievements relating it to the economy; Political, social, health, while serving as the President of Burkina Faso. Third, to highlight some of his shortcomings with the view that current and future leaders of African countries can learn from such shortcomings. This study is informed by the post-colonial theories of Ali Mazrui and Frantz Fanon. The author makes the following interesting findings. First, Sankara may have met his demise because of his country’s foreign policy (Non- Aligned), his relentless anti-imperialist campaign. The author acknowledges the solid achievements, made during Sankara’s brief term in office, are inspirational in the psyche of African men and women of his generation. If there is anything the author and many admirers and well-wishers of Sankara would like to see, is that his murderers are all brought to justice. More importantly, there are several lessons or styles of governance for African leaders both at home and in the diaspora to learn from this great man Thomas Sankara.

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Pedreira, Lívia. "Thomas Sankara e a luta anticolonial africana." Perspectiva Sociológica: A Revista de Professores de Sociologia, no. 27 (July 16, 2021): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.33025/rps.v0i27.3347.

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Skinner, Elliott P. "Sankara and the Burkinabé Revolution: Charisma and Power, Local and External Dimensions." Journal of Modern African Studies 26, no. 3 (September 1988): 437–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x0001171x.

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Captain Thomas Sankara, Comrade President of Burkina Faso, was assassinated on 15 October 1987, allegedly in accordance with the wishes of Captain Blaise Compaoré, Major Jean-Baptiste Lingani, and Captain Henri Zongo. These three officers, said to have feared for their lives, had ordered the arrest of Sankara in order to avoid plunging their country into a blood-bath. The radio broadcast announcing the execution referred to Sankara as a ‘renegade’, a ‘traitor to the revolution’, ‘an autocratic mystic’, and a ‘paranoid misogynist’. It added that the ex-President's ‘high treason’ was illustrated by his trampling upon all organisational principles, his betrayal of the noble objectives of the democratic and popular revolution, his personalisation of power, and by his ambitious use of mysticism to solve the concrete problems of the masses. ‘This’, the broadcast concluded, ‘was inexorably leading us towards total chaos.’1 When he finally broke his silence, Compaoré, the alleged leader of the coup d'état, accused Sankara of ‘wanting to lead the world revolution’.

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Schmidt, Elizabeth. "Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa." Journal of Cold War Studies 24, no. 3 (2022): 240–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_01066.

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Zeilig, Leo. "Burkina Faso: from Thomas Sankara to popular resistance." Review of African Political Economy 44, no. 151 (November 15, 2016): 155–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2016.1251200.

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Otayek, Rene, and Thomas Sankara. "Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-87." International Journal of African Historical Studies 22, no. 4 (1989): 750. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/219081.

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Martin, Guy. "Ideology and Praxis in Thomas Sankara’s Populist Revolution of 4 August 1983 in Burkina Faso." Issue 15 (1987): 77–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047160700506064.

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This article is an inquiry into the origins, the ideological basis, political and economic organization and prospects of the Populist Revolution ushered in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) by the military coup d’état of 4 August 1983 led by Captain Thomas Sankara. Set against an inauspicious background of scarce resources, dismal poverty, recurrent drought and regional and international hostility, and occurring at a time when Socialism is on the wane in Africa, the coup initially seemed doomed to failure. The very fact that it has been able to survive for almost three years in such an unfavourable context is in itself intriguing. We venture the hypothesis that the relative longevity and temporary success of the Sankara regime is to be explained by the fact that-contrary to many similar socialists experiments-it has actually managed to actively and durably mobilize genuine and significant popular support for its policies.

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Harsch, Ernest. "The legacies of Thomas Sankara: a revolutionary experience in retrospect." Review of African Political Economy 40, no. 137 (September 2013): 358–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2013.816947.

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Toli, Vuyolwethu. "Thomas Sankara: an African revolutionary (Ohio short histories of Africa)." Journal of Contemporary African Studies 35, no. 2 (April 3, 2017): 244–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2017.1318568.

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Bovier, François, and Cédric Fluckiger. "Capitaine Thomas Sankara (2013) de Christophe Cupelin : archives et inconscient politique." Décadrages, no. 26-27 (April 10, 2014): 195–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/decadrages.755.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Thomas Sankara"

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Fisher, James J. "An Intellectual History of Thomas Sankara." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1538989985964085.

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Destro, Laura <1987&gt. "Thomas Sankara, il presidente ribelle del Burkina Faso, e le battaglie coraggiose degli Uomini Integri." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8875.

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La rivoluzione burkinabé, scoppiata il 4 agosto 1983 e guidata da Thomas Sankara, ha prodotto diversi importanti cambiamenti politici, economici e sociali nel Burkina Faso. Forse il segno più importante l'ha lasciato nelle menti e nei cuori della popolazione burkinabé: la convinzione che le cose si possono cambiare con coraggio e determinazione, che nulla è già deciso e che si può dire “no”, sia pur pagandolo a caro prezzo, a meccanismi di assoggettamento e impoverimento imposti dai grandi poteri internazionali. È questo il messaggio che la rivoluzione di Sankara ha lasciato, non solo in Burkina, ma in tutta l'Africa. Il paese degli Uomini Integri, al 183esimo posto nella classifica dell'Indice di Sviluppo Umano, versava e versa tuttora nella miseria, con problemi di ogni sorta: ma con l'esperienza vissuta negli anni ‘80 ha acquisito la consapevolezza che le cose non sono sempre state così, che ci sono cause storiche precise di questa condizione di miseria. Tali cause sono: il colonialismo prima, la “ri-colonizzazione” poi. Queste sono le radici dei problemi sia del Burkina che di tutti gli Stati africani che hanno subito eventi storici simili nei secoli passati. Ecco perché Sankara è considerato una speranza per tutti i popoli oppressi, africani e non. L'obiettivo di questo elaborato è quello di mettere in luce tali cause e dimostrare come gli effetti prodotti da esse continuino a ripercuotersi sul popolo burkinabé, senza che vi siano sostanziali miglioramenti, ad eccezione dei quattro anni di governo di Sankara.

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Tabi, Stefania Agyeman <1990&gt. "Pan-Africanism, Neo-colonialism and Non-alignment: similarities and differences in the political thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah and Thomas Sankara." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/7970.

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In the second half of the Twentieth century a distinctive phenomenon crossed through Sub-Saharan Africa that modified not only the geopolitical aspect of the continent, but also the worldly north-south relation. From 1957 until 1990 all African countries had been freed from the burden of colonialism. The new leaders of these countries, who had lead liberation movements in the previous decades, strongly condemned (neo)-colonialism and advocated for a new international order in which African and Asian countries could have a greater voice. Among these leaders, Kwame Nkrumah stands out as he contributed extensively not only with his writings, but also in actions during the 50s and the 60s. During the 80s, one of the most revolutionary leaders towards these thematics will be Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, who came into power after the fifth political coup in the country since independence from France in 1960. This thesis is a comparison between political thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of independent Ghana from 1957 to 1966, and Thomas Sankara. Kwame Nkrumah's foreign policy in Ghana was characterized by three basic aims: to fight against neo-colonialism, work toward the unification of Africa and the maintenance of world peace through a policy of non-alignment. In his book "Neo-colonialism: the last stage of imperialism", he describes neo-colonialism as a more subtle form of imperialism, an economic and cultural exploitation of former colonies by imperial powers. He strongly believed that neo-colonialism in Africa could be completely defeated only with the union of African states. He advocated for a Common African Market and a continental government for Africa. During his presidency in Ghana, the country followed a policy of non-alignment; he believed that African countries should not be under the influence of any of the two blocs that had been formed with the escalation of the cold war. The aim of this thesis is to analyse on what level did Kwame Nkrumah leave a legacy to Thomas Sankara. The latter, hold on strongly to these thematics, in particular to neo-colonialism; what are his argumentations against neo-colonialism, and in favor of pan-africanism, and non-alignment.

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Nsizoa, Marcel. "Réflexion sur la contribution du sankarisme à une idéologie moderne de la révolution." Paris 2, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA020045.

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Notre these a pour objet l'etude de la revolution burkinabe et au dela, une reflexion que nous voulons exhaustive sur la pensee et l'action politique de son principal inspirateur. Il s'agit d'explorer un univers revolutionnaire souvent qualifie d'atypique, de le demonter, d'en comprendre les mecanismes, laction, la logique, et essayer d'en degager, au dela de ses apparences brouillonnes tout un systeme coherent et complet d'explication de la societe et du monde (le sankari sme). Il s'agit aussi d'evaluer dans quelle mesure ce systeme peut etre en lui meme porteur d'une dynamique revolutionnaire alternative au moment ou la chute du mur de berlin et les autres evenements subsequents semblent avoir signe de facon definitive l'echec des strategies politiques qui pronent la rupture soudaine et radicale d'avec l'ordre politique et social existant. Notre travail s'organise pour ce faire autour de deux axes de reflexions majeurs. Le premier, que resume la premiere partie, tente a travers une analyse de la rethorique et de la pratique du pouvoir de saisir les fondements theoriques du sankarisme et s'attache a l'observation de ceux-ci dans plusieurs domaines. D'abord celui de l'ideologie, ou plutot des ideologies proclamees. Ensuite celui des fondements politiques du regime. C'est a dire la place faite aux partis politiques et aux autres organes de pouvoir ou de contre pouvoir. Vient enfin un dernier domaine ou les fondements theoriques d'un regime sont observables, celui des relations exterieures.

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Yu, Shelly. "Inadequacies of the modernization theory : a critique." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1343.

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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.
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Williamson, Bryan J. "From Upper Volta to Burkina Faso: A Study of the Politics of Reaction and Reform in a Post-Colonial African Nation-state, 1960-1987." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4612.

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Abstract (from thesis text) From Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, is the study of the politics of reaction and reform in a post-colonial nation-state of Burkina Faso. Since its independence from France on 5 August 1960 to 15 October 1987, Burkina Faso, the "land of the upright" people, has experience five changes in government. All of the coups that took place in this twenty-seven year period were reactionary and reforming. However, the most memorable reforms arrived after the coup of 4 August 1983 which gave rise to a youthful president in a thirty-three year old Captain Thomas Sankara. As the leaders before him, Sankara reacted against a post-colonial government that he and supporters saw as inadequate. Unlike the previous coups in the Upper Volta, this work argues that the 4 August 1983 coup brought class consciousness to the forefront. It aimed to establish its identity by changing the country's name from the colonial name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso. The revolutionaries appeared to be g6enuine in meeting their words with action by working to create self-sufficient citizens, curb environmental depredation, combat corruption in government and provide women more opportunities. Though the Revolution in Burkina Faso (1983-1987) did not end the country's ambitions for a multi-party democracy, it did elevate the status of women, literacy, mortality and pride for the homeland.

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Leshoele, Moorosi. "Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance in contemporary Africa: lessons from Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26595.

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This study is about four interrelated key issues, namely, critique of Thomas Sankara as a political figure and erstwhile president of Burkina Faso; examination of Pan-Africanism as a movement, theory, ideology and uniting force for Africans and people of African descent globally; evaluation of leadership and governance lessons drawn from Burkina Faso’s August 1983 revolution, its successes, challenges, and shortcomings, and lastly; it draws socioeconomic and developmental lessons from the Burkina Faso experience under Sankara’s administration during the brief period from 1983 until his untimely assassination on 15 October 1987. The ousting of Blaise Compaore in October 2014 brought to the fore Sankara’s long buried and suppressed legacy, and this is what, in part, led to me deciding to do a systematic and thorough study of Sankara and the Burkina Faso Revolution. Two theories were used in the study – Pan Africanism and Afrocentricity - because they together centre and privilege the African people’s plight and agency and the urgent need for Africans to find solutions to their own problems in the same way Sankara emphasised the need for an independent endogenous development approach in Burkina Faso. Methodologically, a Mixed Methods Research (MMR) approach was employed so as to exploit and leverage the strengths of each individual approach and due to the complex nature of the phenomena studied. The study argues that the nerve centre of developmental efforts in Burkina Faso was a self-propelled, self-centred, and endogenous development model which placed the agency and responsibility, first and foremost, in the hands of Burkinabe people themselves using their own internal resources to improve their lives. Secondly, agrarian reforms were designed in such a way that they formed the bedrock of economic self-reliance and industrial development in Burkina Faso. Lastly, overall findings of the study indicate that the revolutionary cause and intervention in all critical sectors such as education, health, and the economy were prioritised and the pace at which these sectors were overhauled was crucial. Implication of these findings for development in Africa is that development cannot be externally imported either through foreign direct investments or through a straight-jacket policy transfer where African countries often borrow European economic policies and try to implement them in drastically different contexts and historical epochs.
Political Sciences
Ph. D. (Philosophy)

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Sankar-Thomas, Yantree Devi [Verfasser]. "In vitro culture of Camptotheca acuminata (Decaisne) in Temporary Immersion System (TIS) : growth, development and production of secondary metabolites / prepared by Yantree Devi Sankar-Thomas." 2009. http://d-nb.info/999807781/34.

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Books on the topic "Thomas Sankara"

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Thomas Sankara: L'espoir assassiné. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1990.

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Thomas Sankara: Un rivoluzionario africano. Bolsena (VT) [i.e. Viterbo, Italy]: Massari, 2007.

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Thomas Sankara, un nouveau pouvoir africain. Lausanne, Suisse: P.-M. Favre, 1986.

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Burkina Faso. President (1983-1987 : Sankara). Recueil de discours du Président Thomas Sankara. [Ougadougou?]: Conseil national de la révolution, 2008.

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Thomas, Sankara, and Conseil national de la révolution (Burkina Faso), eds. Recueil de discours du Président Thomas Sankara. [Ougadougou?]: Conseil national de la révolution, 2008.

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Kiendrebeogo, Charles. Thomas Sankara: Les témoignages en toute vérité. Ouagadougou: Les Éditions République, 2018.

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Sankara, Thomas. Thomas Sankara speaks: The Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1988.

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Jaffré, Bruno. Biographie de Thomas Sankara: La patrie ou la mort--. Paris: Harmattan, 1997.

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Thomas Sankara et l'émergence de l'Afrique au XXIe siècle. Yaoundé-Cameroun: Éditions Afric'Eveil, 2016.

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BIOGRAPHIE DE THOMAS SANKARA - La patrie ou la mort... Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 2007.

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Book chapters on the topic "Thomas Sankara"

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Murrey-Ndewa, Amber. "Sankara, Thomas (1949–1987)." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, 1–4. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_329-1.

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Murrey-Ndewa, Amber. "Sankara, Thomas (1949–1987)." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, 2375–79. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29901-9_329.

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Murrey, Amber. "Thomas Sankara and a Political Economy of Happiness." In The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy, 193–208. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38922-2_10.

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"Thomas Sankara." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, 2619. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29901-9_300966.

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"SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY." In Thomas Sankara, 307–16. Indiana University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1d5nmbk.18.

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"COMING OF AGE IN THE SHADOW OF COLONIALISM, 1949–1966." In Thomas Sankara, 23–45. Indiana University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1d5nmbk.6.

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"POLITICS IS WAR AND WAR IS POLITICS:." In Thomas Sankara, 211–35. Indiana University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1d5nmbk.14.

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"“DARING TO INVENT THE FUTURE”:." In Thomas Sankara, 181–210. Indiana University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1d5nmbk.13.

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"LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS." In Thomas Sankara, xi—xiv. Indiana University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1d5nmbk.4.

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"Back Matter." In Thomas Sankara, 335. Indiana University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1d5nmbk.20.

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