I am from Burkina Faso, and, I can tell you, this man is still revered and even called prophet by many of us. He was a blessing to our country and would have achieved more on the continent. His friend Compaore has recently been sentenced to life in prison and is in exile, but this is not enough to comfort us because we are still an underdeveloped country, which would have been different if Sankara was still alive. We are still crying for this big loss...
@blueskyalchemist6232 жыл бұрын
I am from Vietnam. Salute to Comrade Sankara.
@francoisraogo54022 жыл бұрын
@@blueskyalchemist623 Thank you Comrade !
@Lucky702 жыл бұрын
I'm a french marxist, and i'm so sorry
@eizzatakrami6273 Жыл бұрын
@@blueskyalchemist623 salute to sankara, comerade
@EternalEmperorofZakuul Жыл бұрын
I really wish the future Thomas Sankara 2.0 is born or is studying right now and follow Sankara's leadership
@lukazivkovic4514 жыл бұрын
He was also promoting public health by vaccinating 2.5 million children in one week
@comradeuu38374 жыл бұрын
What about Sankara vaccinating 2,5 million burkinabe against polio, meningitis and measles in his first week in office, bruh? Not worth mentioning? I mean... thats unique in human history!
@dharmawiguna32324 жыл бұрын
too communist propaganda for them lol
@ditobear4 жыл бұрын
@@dharmawiguna3232 i mean knowing current political climate they just don't wanna get accused as commie lol
@TheElmar274 жыл бұрын
Johannes Heimler if man communist he can’t be good man (in ted-ed opinion)
@mongopoe50994 жыл бұрын
Ditto oh noooo being accused is so bad!!!!!!! Time to skew facts in benefit of the status quo
@fieldmarshal72983 жыл бұрын
achievements of anti imperialist nations don't count, only their minute failures that can be magnified a thousand times do.
@adivhahonetshiya37703 жыл бұрын
THIS VIDEO IS FALSE. Sankara was not killed because he was unpopular in his country he was killed because he was unpopular with FRANCE. It was FRANCE together with Blaise Compaore that killed sankara. The people of Burkina faso loved him and his leadership style. THATS WHY AFRICANS MUST HAVE THEIR OWN PLATFORMS TO TELL THEIR STORIES.
@catmixer44503 жыл бұрын
@Texan White Panther Just because you read something online doesn’t mean it is true if a few high ranking officials didn’t like him they could have easily killed him why would France want to kill a leader of one of their formal colonies they couldn’t have taken over so what would the point be if it was anyone it would be the us but even that is unlikely
@teraflonik3 жыл бұрын
@@catmixer4450 because France would benefit from the removal of a socialist leader, because France wanted, just like any other imperialist power, to enslave the people of its colonies, and a liberation such as Sankara's went directly against that
@1homelander1793 жыл бұрын
@@catmixer4450 "why would france want ot kill a leader" for the same reason, the CIA killed Salvador Allende and put Agusto Pinochet in his place
@olofpalme36623 жыл бұрын
@@catmixer4450 they do it because they KNOW their system works and they see that fact as a threat to their capitalist lobbyist oligarchies. they murdered thomas, just like they murdered ernesto guevara, just like their 638 assassination attempts on fidel castro. its the same reason they spread misinformation about cuba being a totalitarian dictatorship when in fact it is a higher functioning democracy than the united states'.
@lmcguiness54763 жыл бұрын
@@olofpalme3662 that is false about cuba. Cuba's Castro nearly killed all of us during the Cuban missile crisis and the us had every right to be mad a Castro because he could have hosted a Soviet invasion if he wanted to. Also 🇧🇫 is now a close ally to the west and even Vietnam which is a communist country is now closer to the us with both countries have positive public views towards each other. 🇧🇫🇻🇳 show an example that nations with a capitalist leader and a socialist leader and still be friends and tolerate eachother but Castro did the opposite and made it more difficult for a reconciliation between the us and cuba.
@fiveoh38143 жыл бұрын
"His legacy is complicated" People like kissinger get nobel prize, and thomas sunkara's legacy is complicated?
@scl13323 жыл бұрын
Oh no Kissinger's story is rather simple....he was a war criminal...idk much about Sankara yet but he seems like most people. Having positive ideas and even managing to make progress in his country in such a short period of time although I still know very little about him
@osepjodep76203 жыл бұрын
Nobel peace prize is a joke. Obama got it weeks after inauguration when he did nothing. It is laughable...
@JaseekaRawr2 жыл бұрын
@@scl1332 Yeah, that was the point of Ronit's comment. The corrupt US gov & international capitalist ruling class literally rewarded a war criminal who's responsible for nearly 4 million civilian deaths, while placing doubt on Sankara, who actually helped, improved & saved lives. 😐
@cameroonmarine30732 жыл бұрын
you wanting to be accepted into a white place is complicated in itself.....the controls the have over us is as simple as that "ACCEPTANCE"...FUX there trophy's...books etc make you own!!
@ComradeHellas2 жыл бұрын
That's how it is
@pedrohenryque13614 жыл бұрын
Alright let's forget the CIA and french involvement in his assassination
@CyanTeamProductions4 жыл бұрын
Pedro Henryque TRUE!!!!!
@endoftheroad100904 жыл бұрын
Pedro Henryque are you making excuses for a communist dictator? Africa’s Che Guevara??? Do you have proof of the “CIA and french involvement” in the assassination.. or is everything around you just one big conspiracy which explains your failings as an individual?
@nathanrupley4 жыл бұрын
@@endoftheroad10090 I was there when it happened, the French did back the coup, and he was a great leader.
@Belioyt4 жыл бұрын
@@endoftheroad10090 Thomas Sankara was no Communist Dictator, his policies have worked in Nordic countries. CIA and French involvement are also no conspiracy theories, Thomas Sankara and Patrice Lumumba are prime examples of what happens when progressive socialist leaders arise in Africa. Neocolonialism in Africa has seen the British, French and the Americans pillage Africa with impunity.
@matheusGMN4 жыл бұрын
@@endoftheroad10090 dude, it's literally a known fact that the CIA worked with many people, including dictators, to stop communism, and committed multiple assassinations in the process
@andro78624 жыл бұрын
Sankara was one of the best leaders Africa ever had. An honest, principled man that did the best for his people. Shame France killed him.
@daniellee93282 жыл бұрын
France didn't really kill him, they made it clear they didn't like him but it was African traitors that wanted power for themselves.
@JP-br4mx Жыл бұрын
Him and gadafi
@The___Gambit894 Жыл бұрын
@@JP-br4mx no. Gadafi was a mass murderer.
@kanutahytomka4542 Жыл бұрын
@@JP-br4mx and nasser
@tempejkl Жыл бұрын
@@JP-br4mx fr. The west were scared of what Gaddafi would show - Socialist countries work for the people.
@uuuu65904 жыл бұрын
Does "Alienate capitalist countries" mean "Stopping colonial practices from imperialist countries"?
@robertjarman37034 жыл бұрын
The president is the one who benefited from them, not the people. It's just that you can do a lot with cold war arms grants.
@robertjarman37034 жыл бұрын
@Mwaniki Mwaniki No, more like he was bribed.
@electricangel44884 жыл бұрын
i think it means allowing investment
@user-vs6oe8fl3m4 жыл бұрын
@@robertjarman3703 He lived modestly I don't know what you are talking about. When he died he left a fridge, a bike and basic items
@robertjarman37034 жыл бұрын
@@user-vs6oe8fl3m I meant the guy who Sankara replaced.
@ob54434 жыл бұрын
Why isn’t Sankara’s name in the title? Bizarre.
@adeebibrahim63494 жыл бұрын
@Lillither But TED is more about educating on a variety of topics. Its main goal is not to get clicks, so they should have put his name as a sign of recognizing the man , irrespective of the views the video would garner.
@ingleward4 жыл бұрын
Adeeb Ibrahim Unfortunately, however much we like to believe in just the cause, getting views in this space matters
@itsblitz44374 жыл бұрын
@Lillither that's true.
@damonejohnson60984 жыл бұрын
@@adeebibrahim6349 we can all see you lack understanding clearly. SMH the goal is to educate
@lawrencechege430 Жыл бұрын
I usually love TED-ED videos... I'm borderline addicted to them but this doesn't sit right with me. They finally told a story about someone I love and have spent most of my adulthood studying. A lot of Key information has been left out. - His Name in the Title - The mass vaccination drives - The Country going from being dependent on AID to being self-sufficient in food in under 4 years - The obvious involvement of France in his assassination.
@houssedecouette405611 ай бұрын
france had nothing to do with his assassination stop lying
@krystalsheilasaimon82308 ай бұрын
I AM SO GLAD I RAN TO THE COMMENTS AFTER WATCHING!!! I can’t wait to learn more, because my goodness I was immediately taken by this man’s story, and now I’m seeing y’all’s details???
@Nickers195 ай бұрын
And also why he enacted his autocratic policies- the teachers wanted their privileges and he needed to defend himself from a coup.
@notmyuseristolethis4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, on top of Thomas and Blaise being close friends, during their time in the army they also formed a band and wrote a good amount of music together. So Thomas Sankara is probably the only person in history to be ousted in a coup led by a former band mate. Also, the band was called Tout-a-Coup
@ZaxorVonSkyler4 жыл бұрын
Et tu Brute?
@engineergaming59894 жыл бұрын
Just like one of my Japanese animes!
@andrewhall71764 жыл бұрын
The irony.
@stevengreen95364 жыл бұрын
Irony
@runesubakasa43834 жыл бұрын
lol, you cant script this stuff.... wow
@pfungwakizito46674 жыл бұрын
I love Ted-Ed to bits, but this video is another example of why African stories need to be told by African voices!
@bletrick3352 Жыл бұрын
The lady speaking is African American
@broniabdul-razak110 Жыл бұрын
@@bletrick3352like he said, by africans. shes could have been an african chinese and it would'nt have changed a thing. the main point is viewing the said stories from the leneses of an indegenous person
@Moon-op1vu Жыл бұрын
@@bletrick3352point flew right over your head
@slevin0034 жыл бұрын
Ya'll had me up until the revisionist description of his "increasingly authoritarian" policies. All governments are authoritarian in nature, how else are laws and regulations enacted? Rest in power, Comrade Sankara.
@Okuni_2 жыл бұрын
can't trust liberal medias to tell the story of people like Sankara
@blackprimeminister2 жыл бұрын
I agree. Look at the role the Murdoch Press has in subverting democracy in the United Kingdom? They were probably owned by the French.
@hannibalking85 Жыл бұрын
Exactly this is su h poor coverage
@dalfokane Жыл бұрын
Authoritarianism is not a binary of presence of authority and none thereof. You can measure it by many factors and attribute a severity of it. The authoritarianism of, for example, north korea, is much greater than of the paris commune, or pretty much every other currently existing country. Also, bad=revisionist is simply silly.
@Men_Of_Culture33 Жыл бұрын
Kinda. But I agree. I honestly think that of he kept going, he could of changed how people see Communism. If played correctly like this man did, It could work. The only reason it failed was because french loyalist didn't like him.
@Salma.Salma.Salma.4 жыл бұрын
This is so fascinating as a Burkinabè! Sankara used to be my grandma’s brother in law
@yfn66604 жыл бұрын
Are you for real?
@amireinav14 жыл бұрын
Sally M. You could have just said your grandpas brother
@fine12984 жыл бұрын
@@amireinav1 Brother in law is not a brother...
@amireinav14 жыл бұрын
Fine brother in law means your spouses brother...
@fine12984 жыл бұрын
@@amireinav1 Which is not the same thing as brother
@Alkalus4 жыл бұрын
*”Our revolution is not a public-speaking tournament. Our revolution is not a battle of fine phrases. Our revolution is not simply for spouting slogans that are no more than signals used by manipulators trying to use them as catchwords, as codewords, as a foil for their own display. Our revolution is, and should continue to be, the collective effort of revolutionaries to transform reality, to improve the concrete situation of the masses of our country.”* -Thomas Sankara, Former President of the Republic of Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
@zhengjia39782 жыл бұрын
达瓦里氏!
@flaviusmakgabo98463 жыл бұрын
I am truly thankful for the truth ppl are sharing in the comments. I have even played this video, I paused it to read the comments before doing so & already I can tell what a misconstrued detailed of Captain Sankara the video will give. You have saved me from wasting my time. Thank you all ♥️ Homeland or death, we will win!
@Farisss922 жыл бұрын
This media can never tell the stories of Sankara correctly. No one will give you an education for liberation.
@comradebanana129 Жыл бұрын
Based
@collentomlinson17554 жыл бұрын
Certainly, one of Africa's finest Son ! A true Revolutionary. I love this Brother.
@dator364 жыл бұрын
He fought for justice, worked for justice and died protecting justice. His story is one of sadness and of inspiration. I hope we can uphold his legacy and free the nations one day of imperialist rule
@JonManProductions4 жыл бұрын
And in deeper reading a cautionary tale of balancing the needs of the nation and the needs of the people vs the ideal image that leader wants for their nation and the people. It seems that he went too hard too fast and felt the need to repress those who got in his way of the vision he wanted.
@WalkerRae06014 жыл бұрын
But he became a dictator at the end. Executing people who threatened his power pretty much ends ones legitimacy as a leader. A shame too, as he was a promoter of womens' rights when other African countries still treat women as chattel.
@bigevil10014 жыл бұрын
WalkerRae0601 When it comes to women’s rights, Africa has historically been ahead of its time, until recently.
@dator364 жыл бұрын
@@WalkerRae0601 Sankara never executed anyone, the only two people who were executed in the history of Burkina Faso were done so in 1989, 2 years after Sankara's death and under the rule of Campaore
@moemoe70822 жыл бұрын
@@WalkerRae0601 Lies
@lookattheflowers9694 жыл бұрын
Finally people will understand my profile picture
@ob54434 жыл бұрын
Ahaha
@Zayden.4 жыл бұрын
Solidarity my brother
@christianfoudre14074 жыл бұрын
Lol but this video don’t say everything he did what he did in only 4 years
@trexitooo3 жыл бұрын
Based
@Laura-sg6ss2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@canyildiz59663 жыл бұрын
Sankara was possibly the greatest leader this world will ever know. Its a tragedy that he is snubed out of history.
@nathanrupley4 жыл бұрын
I was 3 blocks from his residence when he was killed. Glad his legacy lives on.
@willasproth4 жыл бұрын
Mwaniki Mwaniki definitely not true
@nathanrupley4 жыл бұрын
@Mwaniki Mwaniki Non, je suis American.
@qwertykeyboard59014 жыл бұрын
Do an r/casualama
@nathanrupley4 жыл бұрын
@Mwaniki Mwaniki Just because I am an American, doesn't mean I didn't live in Burkina as a child in the 80s. I lived in the Zone Du Bois, but my parents were away on vacation when the coup happened, so I was staying over at a French Canadian friend's house. We were playing in the front yard, when we heard shots and saw soldiers running past. We ran inside and hid under the table till things quieted down. Why do you find all this funny?
@nathanrupley4 жыл бұрын
@Mwaniki Mwaniki Oh, OK, cool. Are you Burkinabe?
@richarcher4994 жыл бұрын
Dont forget Sankara spared his comrades by willingly giving himself over to Camporares assassins. RIP to a real one.
@clementepinos68483 жыл бұрын
They don't mention burkina faso became self-suficient on food during his rule and even exported to other countries. They also don't mention he rejected all foreign aid and loans from FMI.
@Chottlytte3 жыл бұрын
not gonna talk about the CIA involvement in his assassination lol
@fieldmarshal72983 жыл бұрын
This seriously downplays the efforts of the so called 'developed' western nations to get rid of Thomas Sankara and his revolutionary government.
@mysteriousgamerhd69893 жыл бұрын
The French and the cia were behind his assassination. My grandfather Adama Fofana worked under him and Blaise Compaore and he also planned the most recent coup to get Blaise out and then trained the current president Roch. I find it very strange that the fact that Blaise was hired by the French and CIA was left out. Blaise and Thomas were bestfriends like almost brothers when they were younger by the way and furthermore this happened in other countries too but the US and Europe need these smaller countries to survive because the land and soil is very very rich and valuable to them but this video left out so much information
@juliankraus101111 ай бұрын
Muammar Gaddafi backed the coup too.
@brandonhuynh45284 жыл бұрын
One of the best leaders who fought against imperialism and who built a nation
@humbleclay794 жыл бұрын
And then became corrupt because of his Marxist ideologies.
@ARCISX4 жыл бұрын
@@humbleclay79 bro u got something against Commies? I see you replying everywhere...
@humbleclay794 жыл бұрын
@@ARCISX I don't know, maybe the 50+ million people that have died in the name of communism has something to do with it.
@FelixHdez4 жыл бұрын
@Vasilijan Nikolovski A commie wrote a (popular) anti-authoritarian book. Thats the worst argument for communism i have ever seen, even a dictator can write a anti-authoritarian book
@ARCISX4 жыл бұрын
@@humbleclay79 *hmmm seems legit.* Communism killed millions. Capitalism killed millions, too. It’s truer to say totalism kills through ideology - when freedom of thought, expression, moral action, primal emotion, becomes programmed, automated, conditioned, revoked. Then people become dehumanized - just as they did in Soviet Russia, just as they are in America today.
@dkaloger57204 жыл бұрын
A history vs sancara would be extremely cool
@laclapp74 жыл бұрын
Bro how'd you spell his name wrong it's literally in the video description
@user-vs6oe8fl3m4 жыл бұрын
It would be cool but he didn't even commit any crimes. The only things that can be considered wrong is him bannig trade unions, a creating revolutionary tribunals which sometimes were abused to imprison innocents. Other than that nothing really comes to mind. He's one of the communists/socialist that were really great people
@xstrawarot4 жыл бұрын
White Dot exactly
@engineergaming59894 жыл бұрын
What about a history Vs Margaret Thatcher? Or someone of whom has divided opinions on how they governed their country? That's usually the theme of each history vs
@unlockwithjsr4 жыл бұрын
@@user-vs6oe8fl3m Him banning trade unions is not wrong. Not every system is a one-size-fits-all. That's the problems with Westerners who think their own solutions are the ideal ones for every thing, but societies are different, with different values and cultures. For Burkina Faso, it worked.
@Beaustqa Жыл бұрын
He is not Africa’s che guevara. Thomas Sankara is Africa’s Thomas Sankara. Don’t compare our heroes to people that are not our heroes.
@divinegamer56893 жыл бұрын
You never hear about good guys like him in mainstream media or other news or history outlets.. When people talk about all the violence and stuff under Mao and others they never talk about the good things under heroes like Comrade Sankara
@randomk71983 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t fit their narrative
@tylerbozinovski427 Жыл бұрын
Since when was a Marxist dictator a good guy?
@malum9478 Жыл бұрын
it is extremely worth noting that his "authoritarian crackdowns" were in fact his feuding with the old guard chieftan powers. to put it shortly: the teacher's union--which was the union he cracked down on--was a part of old power structures that also went hand in hand with the chiefdoms and iirc the church. as was the press, who spent a large amount of time trying to disparage sankara's image, in service to the elites that owned them. you have to examine the conditions of burkina faso to really understand why such drastic measures were taken; i mean we're talking a poor nation, without much arable land, natural resources, or even a particularly large population, that was in the midst of a power struggle between a progressive admin, a thermidorian reaction, and a flat out conservative base. in truth, he was holding the flood back all on his own, and his "crackdowns" were just the manifestations of his direct fighting with the elites of his nation.
@WilliamCarterII3 жыл бұрын
Sankara was assassinated bc he defied French imperialist rule. The people of Burkina Faso loved him. May him and his revolution live forever!
@maxlee67393 жыл бұрын
Why does this video act like his “autocratic” moves were bad? Seconds before the video established that Sankara’s opposition was created because he rooted out corruption and took power from many corrupt elites. Then the elites turned on him (obviously) cause he took their power and gave it to the people. His “autocratic” actions were made to thwart the attempts at stealing power by those corrupt elites. You established that Sankara was a great leader who genuinely cared about his people and improved their lives. So when the elites that we established were corrupt and bad tried to take over his attempts to thwart them are obviously good. Burkina Faso was on a great path under Sankara but lost its was after his death. I fail to see how you can justify painting Sankara as bad in any way.
@osaldealwis3 жыл бұрын
Hes not african che guevera , hes THOMAS SANKARA.....
@fareezamanzur-abdulmajid2782 жыл бұрын
Should’ve they added the French-backed assasins because apparently, the French killed Sankara in reality.
@elihanani4 жыл бұрын
Littered with biases regarding those so-called "capitalist peers". If you don't plan to be honest with the circumstances he had to face then don't bother. Preserve the integrity of Africa history!
@shambosaha97273 жыл бұрын
All the comrades in the comments have revived my faith in humanity.
@atticusv6682 жыл бұрын
This video doesn't do Sankara the justice he deserves.
@prcnh1186 Жыл бұрын
HE IS THOMAS SANKARA. HE DOES NOT NEED TO BE NICKNAMED AFTER ANYONE. If your intention is to continue to paint African leaders by a western brush - you are not helping us. Rest in power - Comrade Sankara.
@togu_mak2454 жыл бұрын
He would be really good for a history vs
@risingraisings70124 жыл бұрын
dont know why they stopped
@steveharvold4 жыл бұрын
Not really, he's pretty unambiguously good
@ZaxorVonSkyler4 жыл бұрын
@@steveharvold I mean ending freedom of press is bad.
@steveharvold4 жыл бұрын
@@ZaxorVonSkyler Not when you're fighting a constant war of survival against imperial and reactionary forces which will exploit it to extreme and dishonest degrees to destroy your nation.
@ZaxorVonSkyler4 жыл бұрын
@@steveharvold that's an example of doing a bad thing for a good reason. See, it's perfect for a history vs.
@JaybeePenaflor4 жыл бұрын
TED-Ed shows that knowledge is beyond color, age, or gender. Your videos on great people of color help open the eyes of those who learn a mostly whitewashed storytelling of history in school. Thanks for being colorblind, TED-Ed!
@state_issued_foid3 жыл бұрын
I could write a 10 page essay about the inaccuracies in this video
@aymacaymacunt814 Жыл бұрын
Sankara was murdered by those who wished to keep Africa in chains.
@TheElmar274 жыл бұрын
The video did not indicate that Sankara read Lenin (I'm sure he read both Stalin and Mao - because of his successes in agrarian policy) and was a Bolshevik. I think this was done on purpose, because TED-ed is a bourgeois organization and is afraid of Lenin and his legacy. Also, the video called the emancipation of women the most important part of Sankara's politics, although in reality this was not the case. The most important was the nationalization of the land, taking it away from the private property of local oppressors and transferring it to the ownership of the people. Moreover, the people were taught hygiene, discipline and work properly. Under Sankar, Burkina Faso became the only country in West Africa to solve the problem of hunger and to be fully self-sufficient in food. Sankara advocated a complete, imperative decolonization of West Africa, which would, of course, destroy France's economic well-being. Sankara is a great man, theoretically savvy in matters of economics, for whom no president of France since De Gaulle can hold a candle.
@justinburgess16172 жыл бұрын
@Nogent Cope faulty Westerner
@Natasha-ew6qu Жыл бұрын
Ted Ed, if you re-watch any of your old videos, I have a request: could you do a remake of this video and include the information about the French and the CIA being involved in his death so the people who noticed the inaccuracies don't riot?
@houssedecouette405611 ай бұрын
lies the french weren't involved in that
@awaahsimon52594 жыл бұрын
His most important legacy was gender equality, are you serious?you think that was more important than the planting of trees, alleviation of poverty and non-reliance on as little aide as possible? We know gender equality was important but not as food because in most homes the women had some level of control
@sj_leee49953 жыл бұрын
liberation of women was a key part of his career
@vladimirs-4002 Жыл бұрын
That France killed him doesn't bother me much. I'm more heartbroken by the fact he was short by his fellow countrymen. we Africans have no problem killing our own as long as we can profit from it.
@user-qu4py9wr4y3 жыл бұрын
Lies of capitalism
@YuvrajSingh-qy9gi4 жыл бұрын
"Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life."~ Bob Marley.
@awaisaimran82374 жыл бұрын
This is the best way to learn history
@humbleclay794 жыл бұрын
Wake up. This video exalts Marxism and doesn't tell you the whole truth of Burkina Faso, including Blaise Compaoré's corruption.
@FelixHdez4 жыл бұрын
@@humbleclay79 4:08, but this video is not about burkina faso or blaise comparoé
@humbleclay794 жыл бұрын
@@FelixHdez yet the video does mention both...
@Hayha124 жыл бұрын
@phoenixkhost dictator who git elected lmao, neo-liberal bootlicker
@Hayha124 жыл бұрын
Not really, they forgot to mention many things, guess they were afraid to show him in a way too good light
@pratikb81314 жыл бұрын
KZfaq is the only place where 15-30 people are first at same time
@shivakumargujjari4 жыл бұрын
Lol no offense but is your last name a legit one or did you just make it up(ykwim)?
@pratikb81314 жыл бұрын
@@shivakumargujjari it's a Maharashtraian sir-name, hope u r a indian
@earthling_parth4 жыл бұрын
That's how distributed systems work 😬
@cloudnigh4 жыл бұрын
@@shivakumargujjari ROFL
@0498kizerb4 жыл бұрын
Decent video but it is quite disappointing that this video didn’t frame Sankara’s leadership as a fight against imperialism/neocolonialism from France and even the US. This video frames it more so as he was not friendly to capitalist countries because he was a communist whereas there were people in government that were. I don’t think that Sankara would have had an issue working with capitalist countries especially if they were neighbors, the biggest issue was the imperialism of France and other European countries on Africa
@feyrol423 жыл бұрын
Probably because Ted is a neoliberal capitalist organisation
@sajinkurian46994 жыл бұрын
Love from Kerala India💕 Thomas Sankara was a true revolutionary and a great man ✊
@saroj34624 жыл бұрын
You must be a CPI supporter
@arvasugupta4 жыл бұрын
Yeah CPI Member
@arvasugupta4 жыл бұрын
Everyone there is so much biased
@boxybob6976 Жыл бұрын
Nice job not mentioning this hero's true assassins: the French colonial empire. Also, increasingly authoritarian? Alienating from their capitalist peers? This whole thing is sounding more like fed ed than ted ed.
@jmw-be6fl2 жыл бұрын
Rest in Power, A man who wouldn't let his people be dominated.
@effyvoux9 ай бұрын
Karl Max was not a socialist leader. He was a theorist. Although it’s a common misconception about Marx, a basic error like that has no place in an educational video.
@joshuafrimpong2444 ай бұрын
this video has many lies
@sebastianelytron84504 жыл бұрын
Just from the title alone I knew this video was Ghana be a good one!
@merrittanimation77214 жыл бұрын
Get out.
@georgesamuelson40034 жыл бұрын
Uganda be in big trouble
@robertjarman37034 жыл бұрын
Everyone, do the Congo.
@JASDKA14 жыл бұрын
Did you really have Togo there?
@upendo.35702 жыл бұрын
Leave US alone 😔 🙁
@Etraudmf3 жыл бұрын
Well, unfortunately "history" is little more than a story told by one side. In cases like this the problem tend to be not consulting anyone that actually lived in Africa to know their opinions of African Leaders. (video was somewhat good up to the biased ending)
@jerrydaniel83694 жыл бұрын
U didn't mention how the France government assassination
@Jobe-134 жыл бұрын
His story reminds me of Julius Caesar.
@nathanrupley4 жыл бұрын
Only he was anti-colonialism not for it.
@MisterCynic184 жыл бұрын
Et tu, Blaise?
@skytrexz37144 жыл бұрын
And you, blaise
@Workingatm2 жыл бұрын
Remember he was a communist, a marxist-leninist, that's what helps the ones with revolutionary ideas- a revolutionary framework
@Samurai__-iq3zi Жыл бұрын
Half of this is false, Sankara was best for Burkina Faso
@edwinjoy39324 жыл бұрын
Bodies are mortal; Ideas are immortal 🔥
@AO007204 жыл бұрын
RIP Sankara really sad how is people backstabbed him.
@th3kgbdog3853 жыл бұрын
Nope, the French amd the CIA wanted him to die, Campaorè was just their little puppet, his people didn't backstab him, but he was one of the few people that could actually hurt that plague which capitalism is, he was too good for them to be kept alive.
@th3kgbdog3853 жыл бұрын
@Nogent This is so superficial lmao, burkina Faso still misses Sankara, Campaore' will always be a corrupt leader, and yes, the Unites States and France are the bad guys, they have always been
@th3kgbdog3853 жыл бұрын
@Nogent I am not saying that, I am saying that the worst was done by the imperialists, burkina faso was a very poor country but it was rebuilding itself slowly under Sankara, the French arrival changed everything, for the worst
@th3kgbdog3853 жыл бұрын
@Nogent the french virtually "left" during the period im wich Sankara was in power, since he was a firm opposer to the colonial debt that had to be payed by the african people and to every western influence in his state
@th3kgbdog3852 жыл бұрын
@Nogent where are the sources of your statement? Are you trying to justify these oppressors?
@jozieash50164 жыл бұрын
He was the greatest leader that ever cane out of Africa
@davids62714 жыл бұрын
Dude donated $10 million to #teamtrees years before Mr.Beast. That's a real progressivist alright.
@user-xb3ux6uv5e3 жыл бұрын
Sakkara was not killed for he is a dictator. Shame on you TED. And shame on you, French officials.
@mrmusanda3576 Жыл бұрын
Sankara killed by the French
@lizmary82074 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ted-ed, for helping me learn about this. I never would've known about such great people without y'all :))
@Farisss924 жыл бұрын
Ignoring the above comment, you should really read more. Knowledge is power!
@TheMightyMonarch1970 Жыл бұрын
I can see why so many loved this man, I’d feel such pride for my country. I’m from the states and I’d love to have a political figure worthy of idolization. In my lifetime not a single one deserves admiration. None that has any power to bring about change, anyway.
@ljminer27742 жыл бұрын
Baseness is the password of the Blaise Compaoré, Nobility is the epitaph of the Sankara.Vive la grande révolution communiste!
@warriorkid4 жыл бұрын
Ted-ed keeps finding these hidden gems. Thanks for bringing Sankara to the forefront
@hylacinerea9704 жыл бұрын
watching this it comes as no surprise to me that africa is one of the most ignored regions history wise which is a shame because these things should absolutely be known to more people
@yogdrogxon6874 жыл бұрын
Yeah, algeria, morocco, arabia have a lot history
@667halomaster3 жыл бұрын
We need more Thomas Sankaras...
@Andrewfkskskskkssk2 жыл бұрын
Propaganda video. Sankara is a hero.
@comradebanana129 Жыл бұрын
Based
@ukasz-vs4nr3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest leaders in history, you can disagree with many of his views, but no one can disagree that he was in fact an idealist and visionary
@awesomebearaudiobooks2 жыл бұрын
He was not an idealist but a materialist. Idealists think that by merely changing our thoughts we can change the world (like writing a new constitution or proclaiming abstract ''freedoms and liberties''). Materialists, on the other hand, are actively trying to bring real freedoms and liberties by conducting real changes (like planting trees, vaccinating millions of people, building roads and hospitals, etc.).
@ukasz-vs4nr2 жыл бұрын
@@awesomebearaudiobooks well he was both to be honest
@awesomebearaudiobooks2 жыл бұрын
@@ukasz-vs4nr Yes, maybe in the colloquial meaning of the word ''idealist'' in English, which means a visionary. :) But philosophically speaking, he is a materialist. He was a proponent of historical materialism, a philosophical school developed by Marx which analyzed history on the basis of material\economic conditions. For example, he believed that women are equal to men, not because of some random idea of equality, but because women were also human beings with their thoughts, aspirations, who are also willing to develop themselves and to work. This gets in contrast with idealist philosophies like the ones which a lot of conservatives promote who claim that women are kinda like biological machines who only get joy from breeding babies.
@leiwang32563 жыл бұрын
Salute from China. Workers of the World, Unite!
@isshoyggdrasil73344 жыл бұрын
Rest in Power Comrade Sankara.
@mindelo234 жыл бұрын
Saw Thomas Sankara and liked it before it started playing.
@kuayinal-kadir68464 жыл бұрын
He not only was a revolutionary, he was a hero.
@michaelwu76784 жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you! Any thoughts on doing Patrice Lumumba next?
@Derrick19964 жыл бұрын
They should also do one on Sylvanus Olympio
@ob54434 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking! R.I.P.
@aileen5283 жыл бұрын
Sankara is NOT a dictator. He once was the only hope of his country and FRANCE destroyed that. All stories about African countries revolution are tragedy.
@natsunos75952 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace! Thomas Sankara, murdered today in 1987 may we continue your legacy 🙏❤️
@JayV983 жыл бұрын
Good video but was he really a harsh dictator? I see all these comments citing evidence against those claims.
@DungNguyen-tf4zd3 жыл бұрын
He was kind of authoritarian. He did ban opposition parties and trade unions, and he had a revolutionary committe that sometimes was used to falsely imprison innocent people, also free speech might not be as "free" as the west. That's probably all the bad things can be said about hin really. He vaccinated 2 million people, pushed for land reform to give them back to poor farmers, planted 10 million trees, raised the country's literacy rate, empowered women... All in all, he wasn't perfect, but he was certainly one of the best leaders Africa ever had. He's pretty much universally loved by Burkina's people, contrary to the western shill Compaore that murdered him
@pandaandthegecko54802 жыл бұрын
rip sankara, too good for this world
@JH-hb5cc4 жыл бұрын
Sankara was a great revolutionary. People can die, but Marxism Leninism will always live on!
@NortheastIndiaindetails4 жыл бұрын
@SirVixIsVexed who told u
@juliand55184 жыл бұрын
he wasn't killed for his "authoritarianism", he was killed because he threatened french authority in Burkina Faso and his anti-corruption legislation made corrupt gov. officials lose money. French officials have admitted to having organized the assassination together with Compaore
@houssedecouette405611 ай бұрын
proof ?
@Laitalafraise4 жыл бұрын
Wow! No word about France's implication in Sankara's assassination? *Thumb down*
@crunch17574 жыл бұрын
Thomas Sankara was the greatest leader in Africa change my mind
@user-vs6oe8fl3m4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ted-Ed. We needed this! Can't say how happy I am because of this video. Thank you!
@lnidux4 жыл бұрын
I see Sankara I like
@monochromeart73114 жыл бұрын
TED Ed: *releases history related video * r/HistoryMemes members: my memes shall rise once again! Thomas Sankara was a man of communistic culture and gender equality
@alphagamma12894 жыл бұрын
Satou Kazuma And a autocrastic personality
@cockatyusha23594 жыл бұрын
r/HistoryMemes members tend to have strong anti-communist sentiments.
@monochromeart73114 жыл бұрын
@@cockatyusha2359 it changes when you get Isekai'd
@randompastahandle4 жыл бұрын
Gender equality is a communist ideal*
@luskarian40553 жыл бұрын
Race mixing is a communist ideal* commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Rock_integration_protest.jpg
@redcommierad24473 жыл бұрын
I feel so proud to hear that he was inspired by people from my coutnry.
@AK-tc1wq4 жыл бұрын
**Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes**
@antimonarquista35904 жыл бұрын
Legenda em português aí mano
@AK-tc1wq4 жыл бұрын
coinmanbank We can’t. **Because that’s a FACT!!!**
@antimonarquista35904 жыл бұрын
@@AK-tc1wq que mano? Fala português
@neon_code2 жыл бұрын
the US is trying to get rid of Abiy Ahmed, the Sankara of Ethiopia. Stand with Ethiopia #NoMore.
@germanjimenez53364 жыл бұрын
There is no person in the world who is 100% good or bad. We all have different levels of both. You are seen by history as what phase of your actions had more weight, and it looks like in his case, the positive outweighs the negative.
@barrysun14973 жыл бұрын
伟大的通辽可汗国民请来此集合
@thenarrator45493 жыл бұрын
Man, this guy was great. He wanted gender equality, planted trees...he was amazing
@amaansadri11684 жыл бұрын
Please put an epilepsy warning for this video.
@douglashammann19874 жыл бұрын
You can't type while you're having a seizure 😆
@HildaKaguma Жыл бұрын
Sankara's legacy is NOT complicated, it is pan African, it is only complicated to a capitalist, imperialist mind.