Faces Of Africa - Sankara's Ghost

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Reza and the killjoy minister boss ampere completely but don't lead a country he in was effective shock of shock me is a vehicle he also said that it was forbidden for ministers to travel with first class in the plane and he used to say first class second class third class when the plane takes off everybody takes off when it lands everybody lands Sankara took an anti-imperialist stance making it clear he was not going to be told what to do by rich Western nations or accept aid from them he renamed the country to instill a sense of pride and unity amongst its people it was called Upper Volta by its French colonizers home to a people known to be submissive and dependent neighboring countries would come to Upper Volta to take workers to build their own nations nameless freedom villa in new job heavily Yousaf a complaint de bourree epochal Campo de Lucas will not place a new Kia Liberty in the fair comprendo some miraculous water people [Music] Sankara wanted to give this land and its citizens a strong identity he called it boo kena fossil which means the land of upright people Tomas Ankara tried to teach those kind of values to to the nation you have to be upright you have to work you have to be people that welcome other other people used to say a nation that love himself also lost other people Sankara was a president with an unusual passion he played the guitar the hobby started from an early age in his family home la guitarra Venezuela mama Chantal o Lila credo says infamy católica Chantal Alicia lyric the legalese Catholic a visual a guitar No Sissoko dear youngistan please' was sick he La Verendrye is said to be personality Luka don't took a delicate from the yellow [Music] if our leaders talking about the president's starting from Barack Obama - I don't know the president for a very small country if we got leaders that play music then they would have a little much more of humanity in their heart [Music] enough our dinner come to the moon nepo biblical parable the pan of abou yard is about a German here at Sun Cara's old school children learn about the life of the president who studied in their classroom what made him stand out as a young child was his sense of right and wrong according an apologist is typically repeated exact education of a percent opposed ugly roc-a-fella ce soir amputee the work the poshest the center poles the family home when Sankara was born is just as simple as his personality Shankar's parents are no longer alive they're buried in the courtyard of the family home Kayla Farrow in photo D for me listen to the la familia if it is on file in available afraid his Roman Catholic parents wanted him to become a priest but he opted instead to join the military while at military school Sankara met young activists Blair's camp area the boys became great friends they shared the same political ideology in 1970 at the age of 20 Sankara was sent for officer training in Madagascar where he witnessed a popular uprising of students and workers that succeeded in toppling their government Lhasa in Cameroon OC a leader from the revolution don't / - we have a calcio shows Kiki Laura Portia deucer personality is a conviction Ellen it was a good friend with Gerry John Rollins from Ghana he was friends with many other revolutionary man by the early 1980s lukina fossil was being rocked by a series of labor union strikes and military cruise people were disillusioned with the government and tired of baring their bitterly poor standard of living sank eras military status and determination made him a popular choice for political appointments but his integrity put him at odds with the leadership of the successive military government that came to power aside life became nigel-murray with shefte population a pillock on static alexa kamerad ill original cost articles Salima Dallas Dallas is constantly poked set to another responsibility he knocks EDA who prefer he'll prove a emfluence a la situación a fair progress EDP is a Papa Suchong conservation organization pass Alex no is employer who a look at wood [Music] he seized power in a military coup along with his political ally and best friend plays Campari Biscay compared pistol Cara satakam des amis that they come defray the physical militaries or to the hotel assemble now parallel occurs is the $2 for me Sankara immersion some we don't know some infra to awesome a kind of polyp or our Bishop Allah parables and therefore our can prove our but for years on rumors were rife that there was more to bless camp our a than it seemed men on a survey to conclude the Blessed predict mandala written one Sabbath and want something vanilla shows some Kara's government suspected that camp our might want to get rid of him the former security minister warned him his position was not safe Fonseca bless alifair coup d'etat in a Sankara - you refusal on the disapper - they service the ran-sama the police the secret military to run Paradiso in the terminal member antandrel sir Sameera - and become ethicist he camp in part right here a Guiche Edward the precipice of GDP dolly the function independently it's not in Tom a lot for a steamer many promise auntie mama this is of Judo continuous at lancelin [Music] blessed camp our array is widely believed to have assassinated Sankara and a workout anonymous Eric Levicy comments are really fast they are legit Gamache Sankara political allies alleged his anti imperialist stance put him in a negative light on a global stage and therefore former colonial master France backed his assassination so that can power a more loyal to its political and economic ambitions could step in he took the helm as president straight afterwards and was in power for twenty-seven years in public people hid their memories of Sankara although his photograph could be found hanging on walls in homes across the country there was no public outcry after Sun Cara's death why did the people stay quiet for so long yes this is a question when he was assassinated I was 16 I cried cried and cried for years yeah because Thomas Sankara to us was our Father he was everything to us and he was our hope and that hope where yes was killed can power a won elections in 1991 1998 2005 and 2010 in 1991 he had changed the Constitution so presidents could run for office for four consecutive terms can power a became well-known as a peacemaker in the West African region mediating in conflicts in the meantime the booking of a people felt the government was not listening to what they wanted 47% of the country was living in poverty by 2014 calm power was eyeing how to tweak the constitution to gain another term and seemed set to stay on the throne of power for at least another five years young people under the age of 27 had never lived under another leader they believed a one-man rule for more than three decades could not be classed as democracy [Music] [Applause] [Music] in October 2014 the booking of a people broke their silence there was a public apprising led by the youth 27 years after Blair's company had risen to power he was torn down the Parliament was torched and his family properties were destroyed demonstrators reignited the values of their former revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara the individual pride and sense of identity he had instilled in the Buki nabe came to life in the streets [Applause] I used to sing that the day will come when the children of Tomas and Cara are going to be men and today we are we are men and that's why we all came together [Music] Mitsuko Adam Gabri and his youth groups a Sufi were out in the streets demonstrating near the Parliament assembler so read the ball can look to our Etobicoke laughs Oscar two people LaGuardia two people from the diesel capital with Campari gone more people have visited San Cara's grave one of them is Sam sky the authorities previously guarded the cemetery but now it is open to anyone [Music] they show me the positive you do if he could answer one of my questions are you proud of us this is what I would like to ask him and get a look at scotum already Rococo drama drama VD would cheer Sankara a hora de Mille the Sankara Kevon it [Music] a colossus in a lapel the Sankara a toujours at time to bless them iran conch shell occasional avail me dizzy Pascal telepathy metal not relish attack again my dear caskey surpasses bukata my more commonly more etc officially pardoned a pass case a more visual causes ecchymosis a skill a virtue - conquer us a family bless nazar marry me Pierre de la maison des a karateka a circular do Paris or more an interim Prime Minister has been appointed in Burkina Faso until elections can be held he has promised to reopen inquiries into son Cara's death and put calm power through the country's justice system he has to tell us what happened who I Thomas Sankara was assassinated the country waits with bated breath to see whether they really will find out the answer the booty knobby people look forward with pride to a future better than the past a future without sankhara but one in which they can live his values now let's compare is gone then you will see how people really love this money I think now the chains have been broken and people are going to express what's in the belly sankaranna Mauryan Purdue pass curiosity dollar level treat Letran tarantia Lum napalm Oh on patreon on multiple sed Lizzy this Ankara [Music] you

Channel: CGTN Africa

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Length: 29min 35sec (1775 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 17 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/HippozozK]

so sad. Sankara was a true leader

[u/imcryingsomuch]

He and Patrice Lumumba was Africas greatest leaders.