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Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“The revolution and women’s liberation go together. We do not talk of women’s emancipation as an act of charity or out of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution to triumph. Women hold up the other half of the sky.”

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“We must learn to live the African way. It’s the only way to live in freedom and with dignity.”

Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame

“Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.”

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“Never be shamed of being Afrikan”

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.”

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“We wish to be the heirs of all the revolutions of the world, of all the liberation struggles of the peoples of the Third World”

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas”

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“If we maintain a certain amount of caution and organization we deserve victory….You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future.”