A true African Circle of Life.. Blaise Compoare, who assassinated Sankara (a sort of hero if mine) in October 87, gets deposed himself exactly 27 years later. SANKARA: Nous ne parlons pas de lémancipation des femmes comme un acte de charité ou à cause dune vague de compassion humaine, cest une nécessité de base .. In 4 years, he pulled the country out of poverty, had a campaign of mass vaccination, initiated reforestation, championed womens rights... Ahead of his time, if slightly authoritarian... and as usually happens, assassinated in his prime. Now largely forgotten A blast from my past. I remember him, watching his rise with awe and hope, but saddened by his despotic turns in the name of progress. He played an electric guitar and wrote the national anthem... like a black Bono but with power and real attitude. Like I said to Ysrayl Desi Shlomo , Eric Gbocho, and Patrick Murer, someone ought to write a play about a fictional meeting between Sankara and Mandela.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:25:35 +0000
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