Faces Of Africa - Sankara's Ghost

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
  • 27 years on and Thomas Sankara's legacy still lives on. Sankara was a profound leader with deep love for his country, Burkina Faso. But he would not live long enough to see his vision change his country for better. He was assassinated. "Faces of Africa" takes you through Sankara's journey and how his ideas have stuck in the minds of the young generation, now seeking to resuscitate the country's economic and political status.

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  • @destinyschild.9103
    @destinyschild.9103 4 роки тому +1471

    Who's watching this in 2024? Let us gather here to say Rest in peace to Thomas Sankara. 😢

    • @harivadan46
      @harivadan46 4 роки тому +7

      DESTINY'S CHILD. Me,today 5th May

    • @MildlyInfuriating
      @MildlyInfuriating 4 роки тому +13

      Hmmm i was soo sad after watching the documentary 😢😢😢

    • @destinyschild.9103
      @destinyschild.9103 4 роки тому +3

      @@MildlyInfuriating ; It's really horrible....
      From Spain.

    • @MildlyInfuriating
      @MildlyInfuriating 4 роки тому +2

      Destiny, i tot it was getting better, i saw people dancing on the street of Milan yesterday on BBC news.

    • @abbeystarr1843
      @abbeystarr1843 4 роки тому +1

      Good

  • @mudanistlectures4446
    @mudanistlectures4446 7 років тому +1512

    "While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas." Said by Thomas Sankara. RIP. Africa will remember you forever.

    • @SamritpalSingh
      @SamritpalSingh 5 років тому +40

      He said this one week before his death. It was Che Guevara's 20th death anniversary

    • @arizonatea8801
      @arizonatea8801 5 років тому +11

      The immortal science

    • @alberthenley2062
      @alberthenley2062 5 років тому +18

      Blaise Compaore, what goes around comes around.

    • @TheWickedlu
      @TheWickedlu 5 років тому +35

      "Women hold up half of the sky."
      Sankara was a great revolutionary. May he Rest In Power.

    • @smittywerbenjaggermanjense672
      @smittywerbenjaggermanjense672 5 років тому +4

      Hassan Mudane Very inspirational, reminds me of "Ideas are bulletproof!" from V for Vendetta

  • @_CrissoN
    @_CrissoN 4 роки тому +421

    Even as a Kenyan, the death of this man will forever feel as one of Africa's biggest losses. One of Africa's finest sons.

    • @holderlin499
      @holderlin499 2 роки тому +3

      是工人阶级最大的损失

    • @user-by8tu7si3z
      @user-by8tu7si3z Рік тому +1

      the world's losses

    • @generalaukhumeb3388
      @generalaukhumeb3388 Рік тому +8

      Indeed he was Africa's finest along Amilcar Cabral and Patrice Lumumba

    • @victorbryan8269
      @victorbryan8269 Рік тому +1

      @@generalaukhumeb3388 I was just gonna say Lumumba too

    • @zimcell5960
      @zimcell5960 11 місяців тому +1

      One of Africa's finest sons, one of world's finest sons.

  • @divinegamer5689
    @divinegamer5689 3 роки тому +137

    Even Gaddafi is talked about all time...no one talks about this man... Thomas Sankara is so damn underrated

    • @marcoroberts9462
      @marcoroberts9462 3 роки тому +30

      it's because they don't want you to hear about the successes of anti imperialism

    • @panafrican.nation
      @panafrican.nation Рік тому +11

      Btw Gaddafi helped him get into power

    • @sidneysun3865
      @sidneysun3865 Рік тому

      There is a reason for this

    • @juliankraus1011
      @juliankraus1011 3 місяці тому

      @@panafrican.nation No, he didn't. And the claim gets particularly ironic if we take into account that Gaddafi was the benefactor of Charles Taylor, who aided Compaoré in the coup that ousted Sankara, as well as the fact that Compaoré was recognized by Gaddafi himself and remained an ally for the next decades in power.

    • @panafrican.nation
      @panafrican.nation 3 місяці тому

      ​@@juliankraus1011 I don't remember what basis I made that claim on. I'll investigate

  • @claudiaberko1982
    @claudiaberko1982 4 роки тому +309

    Sankara, Your ideas will forever live in the hearts of all Africans. Much love from Ghana🇬🇭

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +8

      Africans must unite

    • @user-pb3zd3us7g
      @user-pb3zd3us7g 3 роки тому +2

      J'ai appris à connaître ce grand guerrier communiste dans des livres parascolaires au lycée.Je suis chinois, puis - je vous demander si ce grand homme me manque encore dans votre pays?

    • @sbusisosokhela5432
      @sbusisosokhela5432 Рік тому

      Thomas Sankara once said " we must consume what we produce" Rest In Power my leader from South Africa.

    • @Daola37
      @Daola37 6 місяців тому

      ❤❤❤

  • @patrickjohn885
    @patrickjohn885 8 років тому +742

    Thomas Sankara is one of the men from history who inspire me to become a better man.

    • @abassbarrow4781
      @abassbarrow4781 7 років тому +3

      Patrick John

    • @yusufjonas5088
      @yusufjonas5088 7 років тому +5

      but what have you done in order to live his legacy?

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 7 років тому +3

      TELL US..

    • @univuniveral9713
      @univuniveral9713 7 років тому +4

      Patrik: the list is in any order - Bob Marley, Sankara, Tupac. All three loved the moderland (Africa). All were simple men. All died young. All were know to be strong. You are very correct.

    • @univuniveral9713
      @univuniveral9713 7 років тому +2

      Sankara as a soldier should have been armed and should have at least worn a gun proof and should have fought back. No need for him to surrender and treat those rebel soldiers with love.They don't understand that language.

  • @contactnadine5860
    @contactnadine5860 4 роки тому +43

    I'm Burundian and I was a little girl when Sankara was assassinated and I remember crying because everybody was so sad. Thomas Sankara is a hero for the whole African continent not only Burkina Faso. Africa needs more Sankara. Rest in peace.

  • @sthenrymary
    @sthenrymary 4 роки тому +102

    "A nation who loves itself welcomes others." Very profound and noble.

    • @mwendapoleee
      @mwendapoleee 2 роки тому

      That brought evil with it.Some even offered their wives.

  • @furamata328
    @furamata328 8 років тому +1903

    I am South African but I view Sankara as the best president Africa has ever had

    • @winterwackoreborn3864
      @winterwackoreborn3864 7 років тому +21

      Fura Mata What about Mandela?

    • @genghiskhanye
      @genghiskhanye 7 років тому +363

      Winterwacko Mandela & Kenyatta did not challenge their colonial masters' business interests and that is why they are praised (western media). Lumumba and Sankara were perceived to be threats to western imperialism and that is why they never get enough praises.

    • @HolisticDoctor_
      @HolisticDoctor_ 7 років тому +146

      Mandela before prison yes! But mandela after prison is a sold out to the white.. he played to their tune and they in turn made him a global face. He couldnt even forgive his wife.

    • @elhadhdaddebahbah7304
      @elhadhdaddebahbah7304 7 років тому +1

      Patjam me

    • @elhadhdaddebahbah7304
      @elhadhdaddebahbah7304 7 років тому +2

      Patjam
      my

  • @lesterayers3459
    @lesterayers3459 7 років тому +497

    I'm a Black man from the u.s. and I love this man. his vision for Black people to build and take care of themselves is still alive and so is he. his spirit lives in every real Black man that us do better.
    One Love To My Afrikan Brother and Sister

    • @daviwilliam281
      @daviwilliam281 7 років тому +25

      Lester Ayers` go and watch his speech in harlem in front of the black liberation army he was calling out these white who come only during the election time and he was telling black American there will always a traitors everywhere black peopl want to rise up

    • @ucheatan1853
      @ucheatan1853 7 років тому +6

      R I P , president sankara.

    • @pascaledixon
      @pascaledixon 6 років тому +27

      Yes I'm Haitian and he is my inspiration. I one day plan to educate the students of haiti of this great man of the africans.

    • @khem127
      @khem127 6 років тому +2

      ASHE!

    • @bobbye.wright4424
      @bobbye.wright4424 6 років тому +3

      Lester Ayers` right on brotha i agree totally sankara sankara

  • @rosewakio2184
    @rosewakio2184 4 роки тому +72

    I am a Kenyan and really respect Thomas Sankara . Despite of them assassinating him but his still celebrated. He inspires many, he teaches us if you do good to people they will remember and celebrate you forever. We all need leaders like Sankara in Africa.

    • @richardowusu2230
      @richardowusu2230 3 роки тому

      Tyugggfijffjgcc IP

    • @rosewakio2184
      @rosewakio2184 3 роки тому

      @@Noproblemdude Unfortunately the world we live in.... Do good they kill you. The other day they wanted to kill the Madagascar President

  • @dengmabior3042
    @dengmabior3042 4 роки тому +22

    I am a South Sudanese but I believe Thomas Sankara is among the best mother Africa has ever birthed

  • @pa-itnankh1745
    @pa-itnankh1745 7 років тому +590

    "Your best friend could be your worst enemy...", Bob Marley

    • @michaelheery7427
      @michaelheery7427 5 років тому

      Jeeee sillly comment.

    • @OneLove-lc7os
      @OneLove-lc7os 5 років тому +26

      Some will eat and drink with you 😈

    • @kristodea8067
      @kristodea8067 5 років тому +14

      @@OneLove-lc7os pretend they love you now, then behind they" susupon"you
      They try to eliminate you
      But who Jah bless no one curse... Oooouuuuu oooouuuuu oooouuuuu you

    • @OneLove-lc7os
      @OneLove-lc7os 5 років тому +8

      @@kristodea8067 Thank God ,we're past the worse
      And who the cap fit..let them wear it ✌

    • @jahbless4063
      @jahbless4063 4 роки тому

      Michael Heery it’s true

  • @shukriadan3105
    @shukriadan3105 8 років тому +553

    Sankara Sankara...... am Somali but I have shed tears for you,,,,,,your ideas will forever live in me.

    • @waranle961
      @waranle961 6 років тому +7

      shukri adan did you also she'd tears for abo siyad? one on don't be ungrateful

    • @Mo-or3so
      @Mo-or3so 6 років тому +22

      The agenda is about Thomas Sankara not Jaalle Siyaad (may he rest in peace).

    • @haadimohamed8942
      @haadimohamed8942 6 років тому +17

      Abo SIyad? are you kidding me. Siyaad was a dictator. here we are talking tha greatest men of Africa like Sankara, Nkruma,Mandella,Lamumba,Check Anta Diop and so on.

    • @rohlankaal9171
      @rohlankaal9171 6 років тому +4

      my brother nkruma also became a dictator in the end, mandela made many concessions to the white proprietary land owners in the end. It is one of the greatest challenges we Africans face. Once you stay in power long enough, without checks and balances, you may live to see yourself become what you fought against to gain that power in the first place.

    • @bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia2536
      @bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia2536 5 років тому +5

      I thought I was the only one who shed a tear..For such un upright man

  • @annayoung3144
    @annayoung3144 3 роки тому +53

    I was brought to tears many times reading his story. Much love from China.

    • @davidtayo3643
      @davidtayo3643 3 роки тому +1

      I’m sure you got emotional not only because the upright man was assassinated but how hopeless and unachievable we Africans are, right?

    • @alecgurney9305
      @alecgurney9305 2 роки тому +3

      @@davidtayo3643 what? What makes you say that. It was the west that killed him he was a good guy. I know africans can achieve alot

    • @davidtayo3643
      @davidtayo3643 2 роки тому +1

      @@alecgurney9305 remember the west killed him using a black man like him, Blaise Compaore, his associate. Read about him. The truth is that, nobody likes a good guy, even Thomas Sankara was pessimistic at a point , he knew he was going to die, he even cited some revolutionist who died young on the quest of victory. Any leader with Sankara’s ideology can’t make it in Africa and the only reason is DISHONESTY. Think about it

    • @shermanfirefly5410
      @shermanfirefly5410 2 роки тому +9

      @@davidtayo3643 And the betrayal of a close friend is something that many revolutionists have faced. Mao was betrayed by lin biao, Allende by Pinochet, so on and so forth. The road chosen by a revolutionist is harsh, where one was challenged by both the pressure of the capitalist world, and the internal struggle of his own teammates. Along this road, many have succeeded, while many more have fallen. Therefore it is not any race that should be blamed for the failure of a revolution, but rather the conservative forces and corrupted individuals. Like Sankara, Mao, or any communist, we all have faith in the people. Up till today, Africa is still plagued by imperialist influence and echoes of colonialist exploitation. The people need to be educated, motivated, and then united. An idea needs to be understood before it can be supported. Since betrayals are almost bond to occur in revolutions, the best solution is to build an organization that is strong enough to withstand such betrayal. Which, unfortunately, both the Sanbkara and black panther failed to create

    • @davidtayo3643
      @davidtayo3643 2 роки тому +1

      @@shermanfirefly5410 No truer word has ever been said! 👏 👏 Now, about the solution you proposed, can you please elaborate more on the type of organization? If I were asked to be the Moses here, I would suggest getting my people acquainted with history. Lots of these folks don’t know history and people who doesn’t know history are like trees without roots, at the same time, those who don’t know history will repeat it. The Far-Left actually failed at this.

  • @diabeprinceley9842
    @diabeprinceley9842 2 роки тому +13

    i am a Cameroonian but i think Thomas Sankara is my best president. His ideas and legacy cant be killed. RIP my president

  • @sewinetdesta4372
    @sewinetdesta4372 6 років тому +317

    I'm. From Ethiopia. Im proud of Him He is in our heart forever

    • @YaoEspirito
      @YaoEspirito 4 роки тому +3

      Bless you, Sewinet. One Africa.

    • @armandovaiandando6472
      @armandovaiandando6472 4 роки тому +1

      He was a Marxist Communist, in case you didn't know.

    • @marcioluis3829
      @marcioluis3829 3 роки тому +3

      @@armandovaiandando6472 have you have any evidence of that?

    • @armandovaiandando6472
      @armandovaiandando6472 3 роки тому +1

      @@marcioluis3829
      Well, see this video and then comeback, I am to busy with UNI right now:
      ua-cam.com/video/15dKLZx4198/v-deo.html
      Enjoy it when you can 😉

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +3

      Absolutely Africans must unite

  • @Del-Canada
    @Del-Canada 6 років тому +548

    The continent of Africa needs a Thomas Sankara right now.

    • @eddya1043
      @eddya1043 6 років тому +5

      Del it is just a phase soon Africa would change

    • @prashantchaudhary2569
      @prashantchaudhary2569 6 років тому +12

      Del no they don't deserve such an upright man... Look what they did to him... Back then, ppl even happy that Thomas Sankara was dead by Mugabe.. later they find out... Who's good for them... Ppl don't deserve to be have such a leader, when they can't stand with him ...

    • @denztv756
      @denztv756 6 років тому +7

      we do need him

    • @denztv756
      @denztv756 5 років тому +21

      MoralSingularity u such a big liar and u are white or some of our black bros that sold Africa n its people

    • @bensonmachira9336
      @bensonmachira9336 5 років тому +5

      Your prayer might be answered. try search for Julius malema from south africa on UA-cam.

  • @samaaleabdul3178
    @samaaleabdul3178 Рік тому +11

    I am from Somalia 🇸🇴 in my view Sankara is the best president Africa has ever had honesty 🇧🇫

  • @banguramomodusahid8843
    @banguramomodusahid8843 4 роки тому +13

    I am a Sierra Leonean and I viewed Sankara as one of the greatest leaders Africa had ever produce.

  • @Anatoliahs_Mercenary
    @Anatoliahs_Mercenary 5 років тому +91

    Africa lost a good man. The world lost a great man. I'm from Canada and even I look up to Thomas Sankara.

    • @mrloxloxmo7259
      @mrloxloxmo7259 4 роки тому +8

      That was a total betrayal, he's gone but his legacy live on.

  • @MBhat001
    @MBhat001 4 роки тому +166

    I still remember the day I read about Thomas shankara's death on 15th October 1987 in Our local news paper In India. It's been 32 years. Still I remember the news for strange reasons. Read a lot about him later years. He would have made the country progress and seen the poverty completely eradicated . RIP Shankara. Love from India.

    • @setumomahakoe7791
      @setumomahakoe7791 2 роки тому +6

      I really Salute , brother, i really do , from RSA

    • @moviehouse9428
      @moviehouse9428 Рік тому

      I head that a drunk prostitute gave Nigeria its name

    • @petrabridgemohan7006
      @petrabridgemohan7006 5 місяців тому

      Lesspns fro history..beware new military leaders in afruca ..bukina faso

  • @mosespietersondarlington3625
    @mosespietersondarlington3625 Рік тому +29

    Tis almost 2023 and I'm still here celebrating the great Thomas Sankara who almost saved Mama Africa. 🇬🇭🌹

  • @hanana.banana
    @hanana.banana 2 роки тому +21

    he was going to save Africa 😔 RIP Thomas Sankara 🕊
    You will never be forgotten 🇳🇬❤️ 🇧🇫

    • @Nikkinoonie
      @Nikkinoonie Рік тому +1

      I think he was showing the people how to save themselves .

  • @princeolowu3992
    @princeolowu3992 6 років тому +431

    Thomas Sankara is my biggest inspiration as a black man ✊🏿

    • @bobbye.wright4424
      @bobbye.wright4424 6 років тому +10

      African boy Prince. Mine too brotha mine too

    • @khalidali1130
      @khalidali1130 5 років тому

      Yes it true bro

    • @benjaminheim735
      @benjaminheim735 5 років тому +2

      Mine as a white man lol.Certainly one of the greatest men of our modern times

    • @daviwilliam281
      @daviwilliam281 5 років тому

      @@hueyabeyi4240 lol

    • @sirfijoe450
      @sirfijoe450 5 років тому +1

      ls7orBust2
      Anime profile picture. Opinion invalid.

  • @elhadjiamadoujohnson4166
    @elhadjiamadoujohnson4166 6 років тому +272

    The day he was killed I couldn't eat. And to this it hurts. In senegal it was was like our national hero died.

    • @benjaminheim735
      @benjaminheim735 5 років тому +26

      He was a true hero. I can only imagine what heights burkina faso would have reached if he had stayed longer

  • @user-pw4ek8yv9d
    @user-pw4ek8yv9d 9 місяців тому +6

    Je suis chinois et j’espère sincèrement que le peuple du Burkina Faso pourra réaliser les idéaux de Sankara.🇨🇳🤝🇧🇫

  • @souadali8707
    @souadali8707 2 роки тому +6

    I was braiwashed many years i was teached at school bout Nelson Mandela, i asked my self why did they kept him in prison For So Long. And Ended Up bout this men years ago. i was realy inspirated and now i know the reasion they kept me teaching bout Nelson Mandela and Not Steve Niko Thomas Sankara, the Nykumn. Ineed africans Need to learn its History. And know our roots. RIP beautiful Soul.

  • @thankgodwilson1142
    @thankgodwilson1142 7 років тому +368

    Sankara is not dead you can kill a man but not his soul ,a good man lives forever

    • @jasondavila8318
      @jasondavila8318 6 років тому +10

      Thankgod Wilson you can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution

    • @MrCAHRLIE22
      @MrCAHRLIE22 6 років тому +4

      clearly development died in Bukina faso when he died

    • @benjaminheim735
      @benjaminheim735 5 років тому +3

      Cant kill the ☭

    • @EmmanuelMoralesPetti
      @EmmanuelMoralesPetti 4 роки тому +6

      @@jasondavila8318 as the commander Che Guevara conveyed. Truly, I feel that the science of human emotion connects to communism, and said emotions are what drive revolutions. We don't want to see our people starve, so we fight for them. Sankara was a hero, and he will not be forgotten.

    • @mlindamsowoya1717
      @mlindamsowoya1717 4 роки тому +2

      Tomas Sankara said you can kill revolutionary leaders but you cannot kill ideas

  • @EvansOyugi
    @EvansOyugi 6 років тому +90

    As a Kenyan and an African i will make sure my family and generations to comes know about Thomas Sankara just like other leader like Patrice Lumumba and Samora Machel among others.

  • @JK-go4yf
    @JK-go4yf 4 роки тому +18

    The fact that Blaise never went to mourn with Sankara's parents speak volumes. Kenyan's know you. Rest in Peace Sankara

  • @aljahizali7251
    @aljahizali7251 4 роки тому +27

    "He Who Feeds You Controls You" Thomas Sankara

  • @cyberdroid2300
    @cyberdroid2300 4 роки тому +56

    How can I shed tears for a man I never knew who lived in a time in which I never existed. All the great men of Africa die too soon.

    • @carpediem4512
      @carpediem4512 3 роки тому +2

      True.

    • @user-qg9do7nc6t
      @user-qg9do7nc6t 4 місяці тому

      As a Chinese, I just want to say that Africa should remember to learn from any history, good or bad, and learn lessons, otherwise it will always be controlled by invisible colonialism.

    • @Lexwrites
      @Lexwrites 2 місяці тому +1

      Like I'm literally in tears right no in 2024

  • @seliatoyindamola6682
    @seliatoyindamola6682 7 років тому +544

    Africans never learn,we keep betraying ourselves! RIP SANKARA

    • @shakarryan5008
      @shakarryan5008 4 роки тому +4

      Seliat Oyindamola Africa will learn

    • @afrikaqueen6855
      @afrikaqueen6855 4 роки тому +4

      " That's so sad!😔" will we ever learn so many of our leaders have been "Murdered! because fo there love for a people that didn't love back!" 😞(RIP) 🌺 😞

    • @communist_argentinian
      @communist_argentinian 4 роки тому

      @EmerBlox yes exactly

    • @selinaboamah2975
      @selinaboamah2975 4 роки тому +1

      Seliat Oyindamola Africans need to speak with one voice 🙏

    • @mukwanatimothy6426
      @mukwanatimothy6426 4 роки тому +6

      no we have CIA operatives with in our selves in our own color some pretend to be good poloticians

  • @abdoulayeouedraogo1827
    @abdoulayeouedraogo1827 3 роки тому +5

    Proud being burkinabè. Proud being honest. Proud being among Sankara's offspring. Your ideas will remain in my heart. Let's make Burkina Faso Great again. Homeland or death we will win

  • @akliluzerai2930
    @akliluzerai2930 4 роки тому +16

    Little is known about this great man of Africa in my country, Eritrea. But for those who know his blessed missions and the tragic assassination by his own minister is unforgettable! You are the unique example of Africa. Always in our heart!!! RIP!!

    • @akliluzerai2930
      @akliluzerai2930 4 роки тому

      In fact, those who killed him, killed all the people of Burkina Faso. Traitors!

  • @innocentblessing4811
    @innocentblessing4811 5 років тому +62

    I’m originally from Rwanda but I view sankara as the one of the best president Africa have ever had

    • @lwandosakati182
      @lwandosakati182 3 роки тому +4

      As a South African your president is right behind Sankara. Love Paul a lot for what he has done since the saddest moments of 1994

    • @tinotendadarangwa4977
      @tinotendadarangwa4977 2 місяці тому

      I'm from Zimbabwe but when someone ask me where l am from my response is 'Africa' because irregardless of my country we all 'Africans' are the same and have the same struggles. So my feelow Africans we are here to celebrate a life that did alot within a short period. R.I.P

  • @timcamer4702
    @timcamer4702 7 років тому +312

    Sankara to we African is the equivalent of Malcom x to the African American. True , genuine and uncorrupt leader

    • @HAMACHINSTALER
      @HAMACHINSTALER 6 років тому +14

      tim camer Sankara should for the whole world an example

    • @zeldapope1563
      @zeldapope1563 5 років тому +2

      tim camer are they speaking French.

    • @dhanuarygundana6342
      @dhanuarygundana6342 5 років тому +3

      Zelda Pope French is colonial language

    • @youngnarmer1k82
      @youngnarmer1k82 5 років тому +2

      Proud American Communist fuck you

    • @michaelheery7427
      @michaelheery7427 5 років тому +1

      @@youngnarmer1k82 no such thing as american commie...WATCH MAI LAI VIDEO MASSSCRE.

  • @kingsmarkx1
    @kingsmarkx1 3 роки тому +20

    Crazy, till this day we don't know how powerful we are united. RIP Thomas Sankara, RIP Maurice Bishop. Love and respect from Grenada.

    • @monisamontoya413
      @monisamontoya413 3 роки тому +3

      Schools in the US do not teach about T.Sankara or M. Bishop, It is hard to find materials on these subjects.

  • @Vladimir_thegr8
    @Vladimir_thegr8 2 роки тому +4

    I’m born in American both my parents were born in Haiti. That revolutionary spirit is in my blood. I’m so glad I’ve learn about Thomas Sankara… He is now one of my hero’s. I aspire to be like him.

  • @napolyonteklu4730
    @napolyonteklu4730 5 років тому +86

    I am Eritrean but i Love Tohmas sankara and God bless Afrika 🇪🇷

  • @bontleramatsitsi5022
    @bontleramatsitsi5022 4 роки тому +100

    He was a good looking man 😊 beauty, heart and brains 😍🙌. Long Thomas Sankara. Our continent needs such leaders now more than ever😔.

  • @jamesrabbitt
    @jamesrabbitt 3 роки тому +18

    “As revolutionaries, we don’t have the right to say we are tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We know that when the people understand, they cannot help but follow us.”
    -Thomas Sankara

  • @Skincaremum98
    @Skincaremum98 2 роки тому +8

    I am Nigerian but this man’s story touches me, I wish we can have a President like this

    • @mmmoffers7878
      @mmmoffers7878 Рік тому +1

      If Nigeria has a president like this in only 10yrs the world will be amazed, Congo too and many other black nation's

  • @DUBAVIBES
    @DUBAVIBES 5 років тому +28

    As as A Ghanaian born in the UK I'm greatful for everything Thomas Sankara's story to be told because before this I never even knew who he was and now I know I feel great sadness he's gone Sir thank you for all you done for your people and showing real unity to Africa and the World R .I .P

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 9 років тому +500

    Sankara was great. He loved his people and tried to do what was best for them. And for that he had to die. It's France's fault.

    • @shesanmichaeliwaloye5249
      @shesanmichaeliwaloye5249 8 років тому +52

      not France fault but the faults of stupid ones among us who always run to the colonial Masters in other to aquire Power by betraying their own motherland, if they have said No to France ,sankara would have survived.

    • @LarzGustafsson
      @LarzGustafsson 8 років тому +73

      It was France's fault. They wanted to get rid of them. Don't be daft and naive.
      France also supports the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.

    • @shesanmichaeliwaloye5249
      @shesanmichaeliwaloye5249 8 років тому +21

      +Larz Gustafsson am not daft am only facing the reality, France can't come alone and kill sankara, unless they consult some intimate African friends who knows how to get rid of him. the French want sankara death but used some stupid ones among them to get rid of him. why did they play along at first? they ought to have say no the French and the Plan is foil and abortive.

    • @LarzGustafsson
      @LarzGustafsson 7 років тому +5

      I thought so.

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 7 років тому +4

      HIS WIFE STILL IN FRANCE,,,,,

  • @amonmajaliwa7967
    @amonmajaliwa7967 3 роки тому +6

    I am a Tanzanian🇹🇿Artist doing fine arts and mostly sculptures. I have been seeing Sankara in our late John P. Magufuli. I will honor these sons of Africa in more Special ways. My Heroes are always Sankara, Lumumba, Gaddafi, Magufuli, Mugabe and Nyerere. these men had no fear to question the westerners. O hail the powers rested i their souls. I wanna honour them to death.

  • @janeyoj8228
    @janeyoj8228 4 роки тому +16

    This made was so sad 😢😢😢
    His own freaking FRIEND, who never visited his parents after the death, that says it all.
    Sankara did not even want to believe his friend would come after him(such a beautiful heart), may he rest in peace. God bless Africa...

  • @pib-wiu6360
    @pib-wiu6360 4 роки тому +50

    As an African and Nigerian, this reduces me to tears. I remember as a young lad back then when the news of this untold evil against the soul of all that's progressive Africa filtered through, I was dumbfounded about how Africa can allow or remain helpless about an evil of this magnitude. Even in my adult mind today, I still struggle to get a hold in understanding how a forthright leader like Sankara can be butchered in the manners he was dispensed with and nothing happens.

    • @doreendklutz6400
      @doreendklutz6400 2 роки тому +2

      Think Patrice Lumumba, this Malcom X….😭😭😭

    • @MikeK-lw2in
      @MikeK-lw2in 2 роки тому

      I can feel the pain in your heart!!! We will rise one day!

    • @Nikkinoonie
      @Nikkinoonie Рік тому

      🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @mmmoffers7878
      @mmmoffers7878 Рік тому

      As a Nigerian I am saddened and also inspired but it's worrisome to think that they don't teach these things in our schools , we know so little of our heros in Nigeria & Africa at large .. I guess cause Africa has not been truly liberated but soon the story will change.. I know Nigerian is very key to this effect , God help us see beyond tribalism and religion 🙏

  • @kevimeru6990
    @kevimeru6990 8 років тому +307

    Sankara's burial place is a national monument. Let the nation open a competition from artists and architect's to present a plan to improve the monument and surrounding, implement the winner's plan, and make this place a center of attraction for both citizens and tourists.

    • @shesanmichaeliwaloye5249
      @shesanmichaeliwaloye5249 8 років тому +4

      Absolutely correct ..

    • @trs-treatmentplc9016
      @trs-treatmentplc9016 8 років тому +13

      For the whole of Africa. .. Saint Sankara

    • @kooiiiii
      @kooiiiii 7 років тому +16

      ... as beautiful as that would be, wouldn't it also be contrary to Sankara's ideals and how he lived his life?

    • @colinroach7815
      @colinroach7815 7 років тому +6

      Kui The Fish: Kevi meru's idea goes towards inspiring the people, by resurrecting President Thomas Sankara. Sankara's ideals are National, it is for the people, not for himself. He did not give himself self praise, however, the people do, and it is clear why they praise Sankara.
      The Monument should be improved upon. Only Muammar Gadaffi can stand next to Thomas Sankara.

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 7 років тому +6

      THOMAS WAS FAR AHEAD OF GADAFFI

  • @andrewmbaru
    @andrewmbaru 11 місяців тому +5

    I will live to tell my children of a man whose values they should grow to emulate and strive to live by...Long Live Son of Mama Africa. Thomas Sankara 🌹
    You can kill a man,but you cannot kill ideas and values

    • @slimemew
      @slimemew 11 місяців тому

      carry on

  • @jermiahminyahil3946
    @jermiahminyahil3946 2 роки тому +3

    i'm not from burkina faso, im from ethiopia. but he is my president because i am african first. he is one of if not the best african presidents. unmatched spirit.

  • @humbleafrican7029
    @humbleafrican7029 6 років тому +63

    Painful that I was young when you left this sinful world prematurely. Like I use to tell people who care to listen that you are the best president ever to come out of Africa. I am a Nigerian,I wish you were a Nigerian too but,thank God you are an African. Rest in peace my best president. Africa need people like you.

  • @tidimatsokgotla9852
    @tidimatsokgotla9852 8 років тому +114

    This was a kind of man africa needed,Captain Sankara

    • @Disha87
      @Disha87 8 років тому +4

      in the world see many many Sankara's before and after him,but sad think they all betrayed by they're own people.this s really shame.
      We miss CPT Sankara and all Revolution Heros ,who dedicated they're live for they r people.

    • @catharsistheantidote1255
      @catharsistheantidote1255 7 років тому

      +sukirtharanjitham dishanthan
      so true 💯

    • @zakhiaabouhamad1674
      @zakhiaabouhamad1674 6 років тому

      Tidimatso Kgotla yeh

  • @kyomuhendoselevano7337
    @kyomuhendoselevano7337 2 роки тому +3

    His ideas will live forever. Time is coming when Africa will be great again. From Uganda E.AFRICA

  • @Tiarka
    @Tiarka 3 роки тому +14

    Land of the Upright People! Wow, I never knew that. I want to openly thank y’all for carrying this spirit and allowing us to experience. Long Live Thomas Sankara.

  • @sekhmaatra
    @sekhmaatra 7 років тому +73

    You can kill a man but you cannot kill his ideas. The martyr will stimulate concepts and ideas in those of righteous conduct. A conduct of caring for your fellow being. The most Godly character.

  • @archie807807
    @archie807807 8 років тому +112

    A great revolutionist. Forever you live in us Captain Sankara.

  • @Bovice..YT-handles-are-fn-dumb
    @Bovice..YT-handles-are-fn-dumb 4 роки тому +8

    Like MLK, Sankara was so ahead of his time. I am very grateful humans like him have existed, to show me and others what a human can be.

  • @iammarwa
    @iammarwa 4 роки тому +469

    FRANCE is the Real Ghost Here.

    • @gibson2675
      @gibson2675 3 роки тому +1

      Two Marxist factions fighting each other and Sankara forces lost

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +6

      Right on

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +32

      @@gibson2675 not true, the west is responsible

    • @gibson2675
      @gibson2675 3 роки тому +3

      @@maliksy7746 It's true. Look at the history of Africa. Countless coups. All about power hungry people. In the case of Burkina we had two extreme left wing leaders fighting over power. Unfortunately for Sankara he lost

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +20

      @@gibson2675 well Africans don't manufacture guns, so where did the guns come from

  • @jeremiahotieno3985
    @jeremiahotieno3985 7 років тому +122

    i named my son after this great leader

    • @khumbulaningwenya2251
      @khumbulaningwenya2251 4 роки тому +11

      jeremiah otieno you had gave us a leader,our African liberater,take care of him for us✊🏾

    • @ramsheddy
      @ramsheddy 4 роки тому +5

      I will name mine too.

    • @Obsermeneh
      @Obsermeneh 4 роки тому +3

      That's the way it should be

  • @EdgarKimutai
    @EdgarKimutai 6 років тому +665

    Africa lost its sun, even in Kenya Sankara is so popular

    • @bobbye.wright4424
      @bobbye.wright4424 6 років тому +23

      Eddie kimutai. Even among pan africanist blacks in the us too

    • @duncanmburu6032
      @duncanmburu6032 5 років тому +6

      Eddie kimutai You are right, my big brother told me about Thomas Sankara.

    • @pladderisawesome
      @pladderisawesome 5 років тому +22

      I'm a white anarchist and I love the man.
      He was good, incorruptible, and clearly cared for his people. No matter what your politics are you've got to respect that in a leader.

    • @daviwilliam281
      @daviwilliam281 5 років тому +1

      @@bobbye.wright4424 he came to usa

    • @soomalimidnimowadajir5688
      @soomalimidnimowadajir5688 4 роки тому +8

      Even in Somalia forever in our hearts 💕❤️🇸🇴

  • @realistmodini3170
    @realistmodini3170 4 роки тому +3

    I’m 24 years old but i know when I see a great leader that puts the people before his own needs I hope I see someone like sankara lead my country somalia 🇸🇴 in my lifetime farmajo every president we ever had worked for their own belly we need a sankara the greatest president ever one love to all my fellow Africans peace✌🏽

  • @kagohimichaelgnahore7395
    @kagohimichaelgnahore7395 3 роки тому +8

    The point now is " how are we going to incarnate his values in our personal lives?" Blessed memory

  • @noneother6867
    @noneother6867 6 років тому +55

    Each time I watch this video, I shed tears. What an upright man's friend can do to him. We love you Sankara. - Riliwan, Nigeria.

  • @baboucarrasarr3790
    @baboucarrasarr3790 6 років тому +39

    I am a Gambian and i remember we where taught about him at a young age in school. RIP.

  • @misss7725
    @misss7725 4 роки тому +38

    He was a good looking man 🙏.

  • @Mamelodiful
    @Mamelodiful 4 роки тому +15

    I named my Son Sankara after You, Comrade. I will surely bring him to Burkina and allow him relate to the man he is named after. But France, really all that greed why??

    • @JohnDoe-gx7rn
      @JohnDoe-gx7rn 3 роки тому

      He Will live on in him and all of us true African nationalist

  • @Gassama-lh3rc
    @Gassama-lh3rc 7 років тому +34

    i was 16 when he was killed i was listening to Radio when i heard the news i still remember the exactly place i was in Mali.

  • @chrisdolan9579
    @chrisdolan9579 5 років тому +8

    Sankara is a perfect example of what happens to a good and honest person when they succeed in politics. It's a common theme throughout the world. This is why true justice does not rule in todays world.

  • @SpiritualSchmuck
    @SpiritualSchmuck 4 роки тому +14

    The fact that everyone knew the coup was coming and Sankara couldn't acknowledge his best friend was going to betray him was so sad.

    • @ugocity1
      @ugocity1 2 роки тому +1

      Similar situation with Aguiyi Ironsi in 1966 Nigeria when he was clearly warned that his immediate lieutenants were plotting to assassinate him but he downplayed all warnings... eventually they killed him.

  • @John-xv1nt
    @John-xv1nt 4 роки тому +5

    Thomas Sankara my greatest inspiration. I will surely visit his resting place to show my respect. Lots of love from Kenya.

  • @aulskillzmusic8104
    @aulskillzmusic8104 6 років тому +77

    I love him than my own self and I'm from Ghana. I'll make him proud one day

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +2

      Absolutely brother, make it happen, I'm behind you

    • @acerrome9672
      @acerrome9672 3 роки тому

      If you have a good ambition, must become a good Leader - A President of your Country and People. Inspire Others of Africaans to follow you. Good Luck and Best Wishes into your journey towards the future. May The Almighty Holly Father in Heaven Bless You With Your Good Intention.

    • @cesarwilliams8629
      @cesarwilliams8629 3 роки тому

      Assume that your life will be on risk

    • @betsimulugeta9872
      @betsimulugeta9872 3 роки тому

      How?

  • @MenengaiCrater
    @MenengaiCrater 7 років тому +168

    Blaise Compaore is near death and he is sure Sankara is waiting for him on the other side.
    I am a Kenyan and wish to travel to Burkina Faso and most other African countries before I end my shift on this planet.

    • @bernardchava4362
      @bernardchava4362 5 років тому +15

      Its also my ambition to visit Burkinafaso and pay my respect to the great son of mother Africa.

    • @tianaprince-nalwanga4375
      @tianaprince-nalwanga4375 5 років тому +3

      Kobo I hope he faces life in jail

    • @chancethesaver1354
      @chancethesaver1354 4 роки тому +1

      Free somalia

    • @AccipiterSmith
      @AccipiterSmith 4 роки тому +1

      Nah, Blaise's soul is going to the sea of fire for betraying Sankara.

  • @marthagetachewbekele6200
    @marthagetachewbekele6200 2 роки тому +6

    Today, 06 April 2022, we have a verdict! Blaise Compaoré has received a life sentence in absentia. Sanakra remains a hero to the rest of us Africans!

  • @zadzerihun
    @zadzerihun 2 роки тому +4

    I'm for Ethiopian we don't forget our hero
    Africa need more like Thomas and Abiy ahmed Like Ethiopian leaders 👏 🙌 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

    • @jermiahminyahil3946
      @jermiahminyahil3946 2 роки тому

      any time africa has a good pan african leader like Abiy, the west makes sure to make them seem like monster dictators.

  • @bjayzwish5546
    @bjayzwish5546 4 роки тому +27

    I'm in tears watching and reading comments about a leader till the end and no single insult waw!!! He is a true hero

    • @laminsesay8299
      @laminsesay8299 4 роки тому +6

      I feel the same here tears

    • @kwameaboagye121
      @kwameaboagye121 3 роки тому +2

      Sankara was a Pan African warrior man I can tell you that he was so uncompromising.

  • @almirfda
    @almirfda 5 років тому +23

    My respect to the great leader Thomas Sankara, the world needs men like him.

  • @octaviusgalacticus2253
    @octaviusgalacticus2253 Рік тому +7

    As a South African you will be dearly missed, we look up to you Thomas Sankara

  • @yunanaelijah8287
    @yunanaelijah8287 2 роки тому +4

    I was just watching with tears in my Eyes 😭😰😥 now.... Rest in Heaven 🌹 our Sankara.
    Africa has fallen. But we're Rising Great Youths soon.

  • @khem127
    @khem127 6 років тому +18

    Not enough people know about Sankara, who was an amazing African leader, truly ahead of his time!

  • @blazingbomba6137
    @blazingbomba6137 6 років тому +155

    He looks like a more matured and professional 2pac I see the same qualities in both of them caring for their people

    • @maat-erovermind5962
      @maat-erovermind5962 6 років тому +20

      Gains Bond / both were communists... communism advocates emancipation for oppressed peoples

    • @blazingbomba6137
      @blazingbomba6137 6 років тому

      Marxista Hispano de México right thanks for pointing that out

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +1

      Right

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +1

      @Karl Marx Sankara was more than a socialist

    • @couldbpascal
      @couldbpascal 2 роки тому +1

      @Simo Zulu 2Pac was far from an "American somebody" he was born into a family of Black Panthers and held revolutionary politics. As his fame grew, U.S intelligence focused on neutralizing him. Just listen to his first album

  • @setumosentle6210
    @setumosentle6210 4 роки тому +11

    Didn't know much about the gentleman but from what I've read of him , he was a great man whom his memories will enver remain indelible in my mind. A good people's leader may your soul rest in peace knowing that you left your country in a good position to further your dreams.

  • @ebbek6065
    @ebbek6065 4 роки тому +2

    I’m from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and I solute you. We as Africans need to unite, drop this French language and culture and adopt our own native language. My dream is for the continent to have a common language be Swahili or other majority African language as I know it will accelerate our unity. RIP Sankara, Lubumba.

    • @afrakanaswahilitv5520
      @afrakanaswahilitv5520 5 місяців тому

      Drop the French language now. Those racists mzungus from France must be totally kicked out of Afrika.

  • @legendalonso387
    @legendalonso387 8 років тому +167

    so sad. Sankara was a true leader

  • @corlys6372
    @corlys6372 6 років тому +29

    One of the greatest men to ever live. You don't have to be african to know this man is one of a kind.
    R.I.P. Thomas an inspiration to all

  • @davidhugh2344
    @davidhugh2344 3 роки тому +8

    He played the guitar , that’s all I need to know about this man to know he meant the best for Africa

  • @vinyl6131
    @vinyl6131 Місяць тому

    I am Zambian and I love Thomas Sankara. Africa is our home and one day we will win the fight of freedom and prosperity. We'll make you proud Sankara. Rest in power Mr. President

  • @lawsonrichards7005
    @lawsonrichards7005 7 років тому +58

    rip comrade. you are a legend. thoughts and respect from wales. ☭✊⚒

  • @BVargas78
    @BVargas78 6 років тому +82

    Best African leader. A man who gave hope and pride.

  • @subhamjungshah8860
    @subhamjungshah8860 4 роки тому +76

    After watching this, I fill like he was the real "BLACK PNTHER".

    • @yohembuyu
      @yohembuyu 4 роки тому +5

      Yes , indeed

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, An African Legendary Warrior

    • @jamshaqtv3039
      @jamshaqtv3039 3 роки тому

      see content click on the logo

    • @importedriceco
      @importedriceco 3 роки тому +3

      Sankara and the actual Black Panther party were equally revolutionary, unfortunately there were all brutally murdered by the white imperialist states.
      Hollywood even made the black panther into a incredibely stupid fictional hero movie just to misrepresnt their lagacy

  • @rixhie4991
    @rixhie4991 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful Burkina Faso 🇧🇫🇧🇫🇧🇫🇧🇫Sankara Forever

  • @lukhobuhlungu7237
    @lukhobuhlungu7237 4 роки тому +18

    Sankara lives in me, forever & always, I will speak of him to those who don't know his name & my children will know him. Love from South Africa.

    • @maliksy7746
      @maliksy7746 3 роки тому +2

      Absolutely Africans must unite

    • @user-pb3zd3us7g
      @user-pb3zd3us7g 3 роки тому

      As a Chinese, I used to work in Europe. To be objective. People who know modern history generally dislike Britain and France. The world knows Gandhi in India and Mandela in South Africa, but few people know Sankara, a great communist soldier. Especially France, which can't even beat Vietnam, always bullies Africa.

  • @mr.curtis2256
    @mr.curtis2256 6 років тому +51

    Borned in raised in the u.s. but my love is AFRIKA❤

    • @ryansoit9524
      @ryansoit9524 4 роки тому +2

      Wellcome to kenya Bro where you buy land and build your own house unlike USA where houses are very expensive

    • @carpediem4512
      @carpediem4512 3 роки тому

      Borned in raised in the us? With that kind of English, I highly doubt that.

  • @erikakakrah499
    @erikakakrah499 2 роки тому +3

    The more I read and watch about this man, the more I appreciate him and what he wanted to do for Burkina Faso. Of course, he was human so had flaws, but he did not deserve to be killed at all.
    I’m glad justice has finally has been served after 35 years.

  • @tesfitkubrom8730
    @tesfitkubrom8730 4 роки тому +1

    Am from Eritrea Eastafrica I really love Thomas sankara in ma life I swear to god I never ever see like Thomas sankara in ma life any leader of Africa Cry cry cry life wiz out Thomas sankara. Wish to his people Love peace freedom freedom democracy to his people

  • @Atlas24gh
    @Atlas24gh 7 років тому +51

    That little girl @13:29 is so fierce . She is going to be a scholar

  • @mwanykange
    @mwanykange 5 років тому +5

    I am from Namibia but Sankara I met him when he visited us in the Island of Youth in Cuba, he is my hero

  • @misalegirma7626
    @misalegirma7626 3 роки тому +1

    I am from Ethiopia much love and respect for our hero brother may ur soul rest in peace ....the westerns always needs we africans to be under their sky and they will do anything for that...

  • @melkammengistu1821
    @melkammengistu1821 2 роки тому +2

    Am keeping crying and crying 😭😭😭😭😭😭
    Thomas Sankara was African Pride!!
    Am from Ethiopia,every time I read and I heard his
    History which makes me 😭😭😭😭😭
    I know that Thomas is dead,but he is alive there are so many Afrikans children to raise up his IDEA!!
    Rest In Peace!! Thomas always you are in my ❤️😭🙏🇪🇹