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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-12-21 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Bat Yam, Israel

Thomas Sankara

Biography:

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (Yako, December 21, 1949 – Ouagadougou, October 15, 1987) was a military officer, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist, and political leader of Burkina Faso. He was a popular captain and the Prime Minister when the country was still called the Republic of Upper Volta. Shortly thereafter, he became the fifth Voltan president since the liberation from French rule and the first president of Burkina Faso.

Known For

Acting

2015

Laissez-faire as Self (archive footage)

2014

Concerning Violence as Self - President of Burkina Faso (archive footage)

2013

2012

Capitaine Thomas Sankara as Self (archive footage)

2006

Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man as Self (archive footage)

1991