Deceased
How Did Thomas Sankara Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 37GenderMaleNationalityRepublic of Upper VoltaBorn21/12/1949Born inBat Yam, IsraelDied15/10/1987Died inOuagadougouCausegunshot woundWikidataQ202155 ↗Buried atOuagadougouTMDb#1097497 ↗
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, politician and revolutionary who served as the first president of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. Ideologically a Marxist and pan-Africanist, he previously also served as the fifth prime minister of Upper Volta from January to May 1983.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
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| 2015 | Laissez-faireMovie | Self (archive footage) | 66 |