INGQALABUTHO: uBaba uThomas Isidore Noel Sankara
UBaba uThomas Isidore Noël Sankara wayeyisikhulu samasosha saseBurkinabé futhi wayengumholi wamavukelambuso owayesebenza njengoMongameli waseBurkina Faso kusukela ekuvukeleni umbuso ngowe-1983 kuya ekukhishweni kwakhe nasekubulaweni kwakhe ngowe-1987.
Wayebizwa ngokuthi ngu – “Che Guevara wase-Afrika”. Ngemuva kokuqokwa njengoNdunankulu ngowe-1983, ukungezwani nohulumeni owayephethe kwaholela ekuboshweni kukaSankara ekugcineni.
Ngenkathi eboshelwe endlini, iqembu lamavukelambuso lamthathela amandla egameni lokuvukela umbuso okwasekelwa ngabantu kamuva kuloyo nyaka. Eneminyakeni engama-33 ubudala, uSankara waba nguMongameli weRiphabhulikhi yase-Upper Volta.
Ngokushesha wethula izinhlelo zokuguqula ezenhlalo, ezemvelo nezomnotho futhi waqamba kabusha leli zwe lisusa egameni lekoloni laseFrance elithi Upper Volta walibiza ngokuthi kuseBurkina Faso (“Land of Incorruptible People”), nabantu balo babizwa ngamaBurkinabé (“abantu abaqotho”).
Izinqubomgomo zakhe zangaphandle zazigxile ekulweni ne-imperialism, ngenkathi enqaba usizo ezinhlanganweni ezifana ne-International Monetary Fund.
