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The first stone of a monument to the memory of Thomas Sankara was laid October 15 in Ouagadougou, 31 years to the day after the assassination of the father of the Burkinabe revolution.
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Yesterday marked exactly 31 years since Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara was assasinated.
Sankara was a humanist, feminist and ecologist who led his country from 1983 until his assassination in 1987 at the age of 37.
His voice was notable in the fight against imperialism and neo-colonialism. He established programs for social and economic change on his continent and fought tirelessly for African self-reliance.
We remember and celebrate this worldwide icon whose yearning for change would lead to his death during a social demonstration on October 15, 1987.
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