Thomas Sankara Speaks

Title Page; About the Layout; Preface to the 1997 edition by Mary-Alice Waters; Introduction to the 1997 edition by Michel Prairie; Who are the enemies of the people?; A radiant future for our country; Power must be the business of a conscious people; Building a new society, rid of social injustice and imperialist domination; The Peopleâ#x80;#x99;s Revolutionary Courts; There is only one colour â#x80;#x94; that of African unity; Our struggle draws strength from Cubaâ#x80;#x99;s example and support; Asserting our identity, asserting our culture; Our White House is in Black Harlem; Freedom must be conquered.;""We must dare to invent the future. Everything man is capable of imagining, he can create."" When Thomas Sankara gained power in Burkina Faso in 1983, he saw his first task as expunging the effects of colonialism. A dedicated pan-Africanist, he believed that Africa could sustain itself. He rejected all foreign aid and nationalised land and mineral wealth. This book brings us Sankara in his own words, with a selection from his writings and interviews from 1983 until his tragic and untimely assassination in 1987. An African leader and intellectual in many ways ahead of his time, Sankara's ideas.