This is Africa's Che Guevara, his work (Photo) is commemorated.

Sankara, a socialist, has become a posthumous hero for many Burkinabs and other Africans. Some even refer to him as Africa's Che Guevara, and his ideals continue to appeal to young people in Burkina Faso.

On the occasion of marking the 30th anniversary of his death, his followers have discovered a monument to honor his memory.

“What was so special for Thomas [Sankara] was that he was fully engaged in his country and his people”, said Moussbila Sankara, former Burkina Faso's ambassador to Libya for “Deutsche Welle”, writes Periskopi.

To many of his countrymen, Thomas Sankara was a visionary.

Born in 1949, young Sankara dreamed of creating a free and free state independent of the West and joining her African neighbours. He was inspired by the Cuban revolution and his colleague from Ghana, Jerry Rallings, who later planned to unite the two countries.

General Thomas Sankara took power from Jean-Bapist Ouedraogo in August 1983 after an internal struggle.

In the same year, Sankara nationed the land. Agriculture production in Burkina Faso grew. In 1986, 35,000 villagers learned to read and write in three months.

The poor people who wanted justice and recognition followed Thomas,” said Moussbila Sankara. “Were proud to be part of their community, their nation”, he added.

Human Man

Sankara is said to have had two characteristics that are rare among the elites of Africa. He was considered humble and upright. He never owned much, sent his two sons to public schools and his wife, even though the First Lady worked at the Burkina Faso Transport Authority.

He sold all luxury limos from the previous government and instead forced his ministers, like himself, to use a Renault 5 that was the cheapest car at the time.

In 1984, it changed the name of the state from the Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, which in the ethnic language Moor and Dioula means “Land of the right people”.

He was shot by a rifle in 1987. It was his Deputy Compare who helped Sankara get to power.

From Friend to Enemy

In October 1987, during the commemoration of Cuban Cuban leader Che Guevara, Sankara quoted Guevara as saying in a speech: “While individual revolutionaries can be killed, you cannot kill ideas! ”

A week later, Sankara was dead, and autocrats like Compaor decided to differ greatly from his policies and achievements.

In late 2015, former Prime Minister Roc Marc Christian Caboe became Burkina Fasos' new president. But the hopes of many people for change remain unfulfilled. Even the exact circumstances for Sankar's death have not been clearly defined despite the exhumation of his supposed remains and the analysis of ANDA.

“Burrat that killed Sankara was led by Gilbert Dindere, who was Chief of Security of the Blaise Compare”, says Sinkara's biography, Bruno Jaffre for “DW”. /Periscopi/