Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ izidɔʁ nɔɛl sɑ̃kaʁa]; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist...

Mariam Sankara (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃kaʁa], née Sereme, born 26 March 1953) is the widow of Thomas Sankara, the President of Burkina Faso (previously...

Mariam Sankara (born 1953), First Lady of Burkina Faso, widow of Thomas Sankara Thomas Sankara (1949–1987), Marxist revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso (from...

individuals. Thomas Sankara was the first president of Burkina Faso ('Land of Incorruptible People'), renamed from "Republic of Upper Volta" by Sankara himself...

Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man (French: Thomas Sankara, l'homme intègre) is a 2006 documentary film about Thomas Sankara, the former president of Burkina...

associate of the first president, Thomas Sankara, during the 1980s and in October 1987 he led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed. Subsequently, he...

Ouagadougou Airport (IATA: OUA, ICAO: DFFD), officially Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou, is an international airport in the center of...

unstable political climate. A protracted dispute with Prime Minister Thomas Sankara resulted in his removal from power in a coup in August 1983 and imprisonment...

well as the policies of the military government led by Captain Thomas Sankara. Sankara came to power in what was then the Republic of Upper Volta in a...

of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabè, and its capital and largest city...