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Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara

  • First President of Burkina Faso
  • 4th August 1983 – 15th October 1987
  • Secured independent from France for Republic of Upper Volta, and later renamed his country Burkina Faso.
  • Assassinated on 15 October 1987 (aged 37) because of his revolutionary vision for his country and Africa in General

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