Thomas Sankara , a revolutionary, fondly described as Africa's Che Guevara, was Burkina Faso's leader for a period which history has marked as a reminder to the world of what African self-dependance could look like. While some of Sankara's policies are not favourable in light of democratic schools of thought, it is important that his faults are not overshadowed by his sincere intentions for this West-African nation.
