![]() ![]() ![]() In May 1983, Sankara was removed as prime minister of then President Ouédraogo’s government and arrested once again. Sankara’s position in the army and his natural charisma made him a good choice for political appointments, but his personal convictions also meant that he was often arrested. The day you hear that he is planning to stage a coup against me, don’t bother wasting your time trying to stop him, it’ll be too late for that …’ Blaise Compaore on the left, Thomas Sankara on the right He said: ‘I was lucky to have someone who I could trust completely. ![]() Sankara was to claim a few months before his death that he valued his friendship with Blaise more than any other thing. The two officers from the Parachute Regiment were so close that people often mistook them for brothers. Sankara and Compaoré were inseparable friends who told each other everything. He was forged by the fire of the army and it was in the army in 1978, that Blaise Compaoré and Sankara met for the first time in Morocco. His parents wanted him to be a priest, he wanted to be a doctor, but when corruption prevented him from getting into medical school, he became a soldier. He was a very talented musician, who believed the power of music as a force for building community. He is remembered as a Pan-Africanist, a revolutionary, a president, a musician and an upright man. Born Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara on 21 December 1949, in what was then called Upper Volta, Sankara was the 3 rd of 10 children. ![]()
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