Sankara 20 years later: A tribute to integrity
Demba Moussa Dembélé remebers Thomas Sankara. Forty one years ago, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevera was assassinated in Bolivia by mercenaries working for the CIA. Thirty one years ago, Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa was assassinated by the apartheid regime. Twenty one years ago, on 15 October 1987, the world was shocked to learn of the assassination of Thomas Sankara. [Pambazuka]