In Burkina Faso, a ceremony took place to mark the 36th anniversary of the assassination of Captain Thomas Sankara in the presence of the president of the transition, Captain Traoré. Significantly, Boulevard Général Charles de Gaulle in Ouagadougou was renamed Boulevard Thomas Sankara.
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Military fatigues and red beret on his head, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, president of the transition, places a wreath of flowers at the foot of the large statue of Captain Thomas Sankara. During the ceremony, the father of the Burkinabè revolution is officially elevated to the rank of Hero of the Nation. A tribute will be paid to him each year.
“ The late Captain Isidore Thomas Noël Sankara benefits from a right and privilege in accordance with the text in force. Tribute day is celebrated every October 15 in Ouagadougou. A similar ceremony may be organized in each region at the initiative of its governor. “, declared the Minister of the Civil Service, Bassolma Bazié.
The boulevard of General Charles De Gaulle in Ouagadougou changes its name to now become the boulevard Thomas Sankara.
An exceptional day for Daouda Traoré, retired colonel major and vice-president of the international Thomas Sankara Memorial committee. “ You have also decided that the former Charles de Gaulle Boulevard now bears the name of Thomas Sankara, the name of the most famous Burkinabè citizen in the world. The name that drapes this boulevard with the seal of the dignity and sovereignty of our people in line with our history, our spirit and our soul with anti-imperialist convictions “.
Both in Africa and in the diaspora, we have a new movement of political reappropriation based on sovereignty. We find it in Burkina Faso where the country is strongly marked by the imprint of Thomas Sankara.
Calvin Soiresse, Belgian MP of Cameroonian and Togolese origin, former coordinator of the Colonial Memories collective
Captain Ibrahim Traoré laid the first stone of the mausoleum dedicated to President Thomas Sankara on the site which will house the memorial.