Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara
Title
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara
Rights
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Birth Date
1949
Birthplace
Burkina Faso
Death Date
1987
Primary Sources
Sankara, T. (2007). We Are the Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87. 2nd Edition. Pathfinder Press.
https://www.pathfinderpress.com/products/we-are-heirs-of-worlds-revolutions-speeches-from-burkina-faso-revolution-1983-87_by-thomas-sankara
Sankara, T. (1990, 2007). Women's liberation and the African freedom struggle, 2nd Edition, New York, London: Pathfinder Press.
https://www.pathfinderpress.com/products/womens-liberation-and-african-freedom-struggle_by-thomas-sankara
Sankara, T. (1998). Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987. 2nd Edition, preface by Mary-Alice Waters, introduction by editor Michel Prairie, New York: Pathfinder Press.
Sankara, T. (1985). The ‘Political Orientation’ Of Burkina Faso. Review of African Political Economy 12(32), 48-55.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03056248508703615.
https://www.pathfinderpress.com/products/we-are-heirs-of-worlds-revolutions-speeches-from-burkina-faso-revolution-1983-87_by-thomas-sankara
Sankara, T. (1990, 2007). Women's liberation and the African freedom struggle, 2nd Edition, New York, London: Pathfinder Press.
https://www.pathfinderpress.com/products/womens-liberation-and-african-freedom-struggle_by-thomas-sankara
Sankara, T. (1998). Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987. 2nd Edition, preface by Mary-Alice Waters, introduction by editor Michel Prairie, New York: Pathfinder Press.
Sankara, T. (1985). The ‘Political Orientation’ Of Burkina Faso. Review of African Political Economy 12(32), 48-55.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03056248508703615.
Secondary Sources
Louw, S. (2022). Mission Civilisatrice: Thomas Sankara and the “Transformation of Mentalities” In the Burkina Faso Revolution. Politics, Religion & Ideology, 23(1), 41–61.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2022.2061958
Ouedraogo, L. (2018). Mediated Sankarism: Reinventing a Historical Figure to Reimagine the Future. African Studies Quarterly, 18(1), 19–29.
Leshoele, M. (2017). Thomas Sankara’s Revolutionary Leadership: Meditations on an African Statesman. Africa Insight, 47(2), 40–53.
Harsch, E. (2013). The Legacies Of Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary Experience In Retrospect. Review of African Political Economy 40(137), 358-374.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2013.816947.
Wilkins, M. (1989). The Death of Thomas Sankara and the Rectification of the People’s Revolution in Burkina Faso. African Affairs, 88(352), 375–388.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/722692.
Sankara, T. & Anderson, S. (1990, 200). Women's Liberation and African Freedom Struggle, Preface Mary-Alice Waters, introduction Michel Prairie. Pathfinder Press. ISBN: 9780873489881
https://www.pathfinderpress.com/products/womens-liberation-and-african-freedom-struggle_by-thomas-sankara
https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2022.2061958
Ouedraogo, L. (2018). Mediated Sankarism: Reinventing a Historical Figure to Reimagine the Future. African Studies Quarterly, 18(1), 19–29.
Leshoele, M. (2017). Thomas Sankara’s Revolutionary Leadership: Meditations on an African Statesman. Africa Insight, 47(2), 40–53.
Harsch, E. (2013). The Legacies Of Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary Experience In Retrospect. Review of African Political Economy 40(137), 358-374.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2013.816947.
Wilkins, M. (1989). The Death of Thomas Sankara and the Rectification of the People’s Revolution in Burkina Faso. African Affairs, 88(352), 375–388.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/722692.
Sankara, T. & Anderson, S. (1990, 200). Women's Liberation and African Freedom Struggle, Preface Mary-Alice Waters, introduction Michel Prairie. Pathfinder Press. ISBN: 9780873489881
https://www.pathfinderpress.com/products/womens-liberation-and-african-freedom-struggle_by-thomas-sankara
Extra Resources
Facts about Thomas Sankara: Accessed Nov 23 2022.
https://www.thomassankara.net/facts-about-thomas-sankara-in-burkina-faso/?lang=en.
Global Social Theory Profile: Accessed Nov 23 2022.
https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/sankara-thomas/.
Adem, S., Adibe, J., Bangura, A. K., & Bemath, A. S. (2016). A Giant Tree has Fallen. African Perspectives Publishing.
Manji, F. (2015). Solidarity not saviours: Politics of Pity. New African, 546, 14–15. Accessed Nov 23 2022.
https://discovery.ebsco.com/c/xppotz/viewer/pdf/vsflmcve4j
https://www.thomassankara.net/facts-about-thomas-sankara-in-burkina-faso/?lang=en.
Global Social Theory Profile: Accessed Nov 23 2022.
https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/sankara-thomas/.
Adem, S., Adibe, J., Bangura, A. K., & Bemath, A. S. (2016). A Giant Tree has Fallen. African Perspectives Publishing.
Manji, F. (2015). Solidarity not saviours: Politics of Pity. New African, 546, 14–15. Accessed Nov 23 2022.
https://discovery.ebsco.com/c/xppotz/viewer/pdf/vsflmcve4j
Collection
Citation
“Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed August 7, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/37.