A little over a year after an initial bronze statue was unveiled of Thomas Sankara, government unveiled another – of the same work.
Sculptor Jean Luc also had some defense for the initial work: “What didn’t work the first time around was the [short] deadline,” he said, “then there were the weather conditions.”
The man Thomas Sankara – Che Guevara of Africa
Sankara, hailed as the“father of the revolution” was assassinated in a 1987 coup d‘état after four years in power.
The statue was built on the initiative of the International Memorial Committee at the headquarters of the National Council of the Revolution, where President Sankara was killed, the bronze statue is five metres high.
Sankara, came to power in a coup d‘état in 1983 after serving as Prime Minister.
