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i refer to him as a
prophet i also call him the leader of
the land of upright men
a man who challenged the authorities of
former colonial powers
thomas sankara's vision for africa was
far
above its time in a prophetic manner as
though he knew the plans of africa's neo
imperialism
he was a strong advocate for economic
freedom he came about this by
appointing women to high governmental
positions reducing the salaries
of public officials banning government
officials from the use of luxurious
items
such as mercedes first class plane
tickets
he also established a mandatory dress
code
of locally made clothes most importantly
he made burkina faso economically
independent
he accomplished this by opposing foreign
aid he also
encouraged the production of locally
grown food
thomas ankara once said and i quote some
people ask me where's imperialism
just look at your plate when you eat you
see imported rice corn
millet this is imperialism no need to
look further
the person who feeds you imposes his
will on you
no wonder he was a strong advocate
against foreign aid
thinking about it is this not what
neo-colonialization
is is this not the biggest issue facing
africa today
those are the words of someone future
oriented
a prophet only the northern star can
guide a visionary like thomas and kara
he said i alongside my delegation are
dressed by our tailors
fed by our farmers not a single threat
came from europe or america on his way
to a cabinet meeting
decedent of his assassination took place
during its course
in the midst of a crossfire to prevent
unnecessary death
he came out with hands stretched as far
as to the corners of the globe
he was brutally gunned down earlier in
this video i mentioned that 90
of our history is fashioned in a manner
to be made invisible to us
in 2017 president emmanuel macron of
france
upon his visit to burkina faso promised
that france will declassify french files
of their participation
in the country's assassination of thomas
ankara we are yet to see those files
history should be forgiven but the
heroes of our past
never forgotten i know that in this
video i promise that we'll be going into
detail about three african leaders that
we should never forget
i lied sort of
the third leader on my list is you
thomas sankara once said there are seven
million tama sankaras
and personally i believe one of them is
you
afrika is calling on a visionary like
you someone who obey her call
someone who will not take advantage of
her someone who is
upright and more than willing to put
africa first
there's been deliberate attempts to
remove african history
watch this video to find out how it was
carried out
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