Thomas Sankara, political leader of Burkina Faso in the 1980s, was born on December 21, 1949 in Yako, a northern town in the Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso) of French West Africa. He was the son of a Mossi mother and a Peul father, and personified the diversity of the Burkinabè people of the area. In his adolescence, Sankara witnessed the country’s independence from France in 1960 and the repressive and volatile nature of the regimes that ruled throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
From 1970 to 1973, Sankara attended the military academy of Antsirabe in Madagascar where he trained to be an army officer. In 1974, as a young lieutenant in the Upper Volta army, he fought in a border war with Mali and returned home a hero. Sankara then studied in France and later in Morocco, where he met Blaise Compaoré and other civilian students from Upper Volta who later organized leftist organizations in the country. While commanding the Commando Training Center in the city of Pô in 1976, Thomas Sankara grew in popularity by urging his soldiers to help civilians with their work tasks. He additionally played guitar at community gatherings with a local band, Pô Missiles.
Throughout the 1970s, Sankara increasingly adopted leftist politics. He organized the Communist Officers Group in the army and attended meetings of various leftist parties, unions, and student groups, usually in civilian clothes.
In 1981, Sankara briefly served as the Secretary of State for Information under the newly formed Military Committee for Reform and Military Progress (CMRPN). This was a group of officers who had recently seized power. In April 1982, he resigned his post and denounced the CMRPM. When another military coup placed the Council for the People’s Safety in power, Sankara was subsequently appointed prime minister in 1983 but was quickly dismissed and placed under house arrest, causing a popular uprising.
On August 4, 1983, Blaise Compaoré orchestrated the “August Revolution,” or a coup d’état against the Council for the People’s Safety. The new regime which called itself the National Council for the Revolution (CNR) made 34-year-old Thomas Sankara president. As president, Sankara sought to end corruption, promote reforestation, avert famine, support women’s rights, develop rural areas, and prioritize education and healthcare. He renamed the country ‘Burkina Faso,’ meaning, “the republic of honorable people.”
On October 15, 1987, Thomas Sankara was killed with twelve other officials in a coup d’état instigated by Blaise Compaoré, his former political ally. He was 37 at the time of his death.
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You’ve been going hard on the genshin. You’ve inspired me to ask: if I despise micro transaction machines, is the underlying game below that worthwhile when it comes to GI?
I'm not CrispyFern but I was in a similar position, and had a good bit of fun with the game until I beat the main story. After that, the game becomes very shallow and it's designed to get you to spend money to be able to clear higher levels of certain dungeons, or just get bigger numbers on your characters. I generally never spend money on a game except for the upfront price, so I stopped playing at that point. If you think the landscapes and characters look good, and can spare the time to get through some grind, you'll like it. Some areas in the world are gorgeous and very memorable, which was one of the things that kept me playing for a while. That's just my experience from playing it for a couple months when it got popular in 2021, I know a lot has changed.
That's a good take. Remember the off-ramp. I'll check it out. Thanks
I think so. The microtransactions are 1000% a scam, so stay away if you're prone to gambling or NEED to collect everything. The game itself is single player and not too difficult, so there's really no need to spend money unless you really want a specific waifu. A lot of online games you're meant to rush through the early levels to get to the endgame where the "real" game begins, but genshin is the complete opposite. The early game exploration and quests are the most fun, while the late game gets kinda boring especially between major patches.
Awesome, that sounds a lot like FF14 (the director straight up said "once you beat the new stuff unsub for a while").
Thanks for the explanation