Thomas Sankara

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

December 21, 1949

died

October 15, 1987

place of birth

Bat Yam, Israel

total credits

6 movies

Biography

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (Yako, December 21, 1949 – Ouagadougou, October 15, 1987) was a military officer, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist, and political leader of Burkina Faso. He was a popular captain and the Prime Minister when the country was still called the Republic of Upper Volta. Shortly thereafter, he became the fifth Voltan president since the liberation from French rule and the first president of Burkina Faso.

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