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• Women hold up the other half of the sky.

  Thomas Sankara

  Sky, Other Half, Half

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong to just a minority. How many of you who have been assigned to Ouagadougou from the farthest corners of the country have had to move every night because you've been thrown out of the house you have rented? To those who have acquired houses and land through corruption we say: start to tremble. If you have stolen, tremble, because we will come after you

  Thomas Sankara

  Country, Moving, Night

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.

  Thomas Sankara

  Effort, Our Words, Our Actions

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women

  Thomas Sankara

  Revolution, Social, Liberation

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa

  Thomas Sankara

  Debt

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• Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question. Africa's absence from the club of those who have the right to veto is unjust and should be ended.

  Thomas Sankara

  Opportunity, Rights, People

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to be a star. No, the problem of Upper Volta is more serious than that. It was a grave mistake to have looked for a man, a star, at all costs, to the point of creating one, that is, to the point of attributing the ownership of the event to captain Sankara, who must have been the brains, etc.

  Thomas Sankara

  Stars, Mistake, Men

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• Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. 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. We draw the lessons of the American revolution.

  Thomas Sankara

  Struggle, Humanity, Wish

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• I can hear the roar of women's silence

  Thomas Sankara

  Women, Silence, I Can

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• The Revolution Cannot Triumph Without the Emancipation of Women

  Thomas Sankara

  Triumph, Revolution, Emancipation

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• The French revolution taught us the rights of man.

  Thomas Sankara

  Men, Rights, Taught Us

  Thomas Sankara (2007). “Somos herederos de las revoluciones del Mundo: Discursos de la revolución de Burkina Faso, 1983-87”

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