The Nile Post

Born in 1949 in a small village in the then Upper Volta to Mossi and Peul, Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara would later become the most outstanding face of the African Revolution. Most refer to him as the Upright man after renamed his country to 'Burkina Faso' translating to 'The land of the Upright man.' The young boy whose father wanted to become a priest would have destiny push him to become the country's savior at a time when it needed him the most. So outstanding and Unique he was that most of the leaders during that era became his natural enemies for the mere fact that they feared he would criticize their exploitations. Sankara’s progressive ideologies were built at the Military academy of Kadiogo in Ouagadougou. He met a civilian professor Adama Touré, a renowned progressive ideologist who instead remained unexpressed to the public's eyes. Sankara was among the best students in his class, making him one of the few chosen students. They would discuss politic...