About this Event
"Thomas Sankara: An Upright Man" is a 2006 documentary film about this revolutionary leader. Sankara was known as "the African Che", and became famous in Africa due to his innovative ideas, his devastating humor, his spirit and his altruism; he was a military officer, Marxist revolutionary and Pan-Africanist. With a gun in one hand and Karl Marx's works in the other, Sankara became president at the age of 34 and served from 1983 to 1987. He immediately set out to shake the foundations of the country that he renamed from the French colonial Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, "Land of Upright Men." More than a classic biography, this film sheds light on the impact that this man and his politic made on Burkina Faso and Africa in general.
After viewing the film, we will host a short discussion about it, its relevance to our lives and how we might learn from Burkina Faso's experiment in an alternative way of producing and reproducing life.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
939 W Capitol St, 939 West Capitol Street, Jackson, United States
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