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  • Episode 408
  • 23 Oct 2021
  • 30 min

Thomas Sankara and pan-Africanism

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Episode 408
  • 30 min

A landmark trial is taking place in Burkina Faso over the assassination, 34 years ago, of Thomas Sankara, the country’s then-president. Today, Sankara remains something of an icon for his interpretation of the philosophy of pan-Africanism. Who was Thomas Sankara? What did he stand for? And what does pan-Africanism mean…

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  • Andrew Mueller

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