Burkina Faso

West African coups: Just changing masters
Paul Martial — Mali, then Burkina Faso, and finally Niger have experienced coups d’état. Some see the coup leaders as new heralds of Africa’s liberation. Unfortunately, the reality is quite different.
Thomas Sankara: An icon of revolution

By Yanis Iqbal
Thomas Sankara and Burkina Faso's 'Black Spring'

Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary
By Ernest Harsch,
Ohio University Press, 2014.
Haiti: Promised rebuilding unrealised; authoritarian rule challenged

Important achievements in earthqu
Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara inspires new generation of anti-government activists

Thomas Sankara meets Fidel Castro.
Thomas Sankara: Revolution and the emancipation of women

"The revolution and women’s liberation go together.