Why the West took out Sankara.
Channel: Trillblack
Date: 2024-04-05

Thomas Sankara was a soldier with heart, the top dog in his country. In little over a year he changed his people’s destiny forever. But European powers like France were uneasy at Sankara’s revolution. And even bigger forces like the IMF and World Bank started paying attention in 1987 when Sankara gave a bone-chilling speech in Ethiopia. What did Sankara say? Find out in this video. #burkinafaso #africangiant #sankara #reparations #debt #Africa #WestAfrica #thomassankara #blaisecompaore #libya #gadaffi

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