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Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women. May my eyes never see ...

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Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle

he who feeds you, controls you

It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be on...

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Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come wi...

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I can hear the roar of women's silence.

I can hear the roar of women's silence

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Thomas Sankara

Political figure

Born: 1949-12-21

Died: 1987-10-15

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (December 21, 1949 – October 15, 1987) was the leader of Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta) from 1983 to 1987. He was overthrown and assassinated in a coup d'état led by Blaise Compaoré on October 15, 1987, sometimes believed to have been at the instruction of France.More