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1 de nov. de 2022 · Thomas Sankara’s four-year revolutionary rule in Burkina Faso in the 1980s set up ambitious policies and systems to make the country self-sufficient in food. His hopes for the country’s health, too, were manifest in his initiatives to vaccinate children and make clean water available to all.
22 de abr. de 2016 · During his short political career, Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara emphasised national food sovereignty, argued against over-dependence on foreign aid, and implemented several important pioneering ecological programmes.
Thomas Sankara helped Burkina Faso become self-sufficient before in basic foodstuffs in just a few years before he was assassinated. In recent weeks, news of food crises in countries across Africa has been intensifying.
Thomas Sankara (1949-1987) was unique among late 20th century presidents in Africa and beyond. His political leadership was guided by a pro-people militant activism that brought together strands of radical anti-imperial Pan-Africanism, Marxist-Leninism, feminism, agro-ecological approaches to food justice, and more.
Heavily reliant on agriculture, desertification was a significant issue in Burkina Faso and impacted food security among other things. The country’s struggle with those effects gave Sankara insight into environmental degradation far ahead of his time, and he became one of the forerunners of the environmentalist movement.
5 de feb. de 2018 · Thomas Sankara believed wholeheartedly in gender equality and worked tirelessly to advance the rights of Burkinabe women and girls during his presidency.
25 de feb. de 2023 · Sankara also built schools and hospitals across the country and planted over 10 million trees to combat desertification. In just four years of his rule, Burkina Faso had attained food sufficiency. One of Sankara’s great political achievements was bringing women into all levels of government in Burkina Faso.
