February** Dynamic Incentive Program
Africa's excellent matchmaking system does not allow for such a radiant savior. —Minibus.
On August 30 in Gabon, Africa, the former commander-in-chief of the Republican Guard, Bris Oligi Nguema, was formally sworn in as a transitional leader, ousting the former **Ali** and placing him under house arrest. And just a few months ago, in July, a similar coup d'état took place in Niger, with the military taking over power. Military coups, which should not have occurred in Africa under the leadership of the "West African Union", but the fact is that in just three years, there have been seven successful coups in Africa. This can't help but make people sigh: this has to be you, an opponent on equal footing! Among the African countries that have succeeded in coup d'état, Burkina Faso's name stands out. Whether it was the previous coups in Mali and Guinea, or the subsequent coups in Niger and Gabon, the so-called "Burkina Faso template" was used in the same way. This is simply like the African version of "Wei Han Chan Rang", I am afraid that even Liu Xie will call him an expert. 
However, who knows that Burkina Faso means "the land of the righteous and gentlemen" and was once the "most promising and shining red regime" in Africa? There was once a hero here who almost rebelled against the sky and let the hammer and sickle shine on the land of Africa. He is the protagonist of today: Thomas Sankara. "Father and son laugh", deviant
In the cold winter of December 1949, Joseph Sankara was on pins and needles, and every heart-rending cry in the delivery room was like a knife cutting through his heart. He had experienced life and death on the battlefield of World War II, but he had never felt so worried. Finally, with a crisp cry, a new life was born. Sankara ignored the aseptic operation and eagerly walked into the delivery room to witness the miracle of this little life. After careful consideration, he decided to name the child Thomas, a name derived from the old European aristocracy, and his expectations for the child's future. Sankara hopes that his son will inherit his career and become a great man in Europe"Mule and horse nobles"However, fate turned out to be contrary to his expectations. Little Sankara's choice surprised his father, and instead of choosing his father's path to nobility, he bravely embarked on a different path. As a young man, Sankara developed a unique personality and became a quasi-Muslim by studying the Qur'an from an early age, despite his family's devout Catholicism. This disappointed the father, so the father and son began a different relationship"Friendly exchanges"。Far from weakening Sankara's will, the experience made him more resilient. As he grew older, Sankara decided to join the army. At the age of 19, he studied at several prestigious military schools and laid a solid foundation for becoming an excellent officer. 
At the age of 21, Thomas Sankara was exposed to a book that would change his life, yes, the Communist Manifesto! As soon as I thought of the Vote Communist, I suddenly felt that the world was wide. During his time at school, Sankara saw the fall of *** and the turmoil of the world's anti-colonial movement, which deeply shocked the young Sankara, "Huh? It turns out that politics can still be done like this? ”
After concentrating on learning military skills in Paris, France, Sankara has been completely different after returning home. The specific description is: It's really King Kang, let you go east and you go west, let you beat dogs and chickens, and get rid of a red element in the west.
In November 1980, Colonel Thayer Zebbo staged a military coup to overthrow the Ramizana regime, and the talented and "clean" Sankara was promoted to the post of State Secretary for the Press of the Thayer Zebo Army.
During his work, Sankara met his beloved relatives and brothers, such as Compaoré, Zongo, and Lingani, and several of them formed a bloody alliance and formed a "communist officer corps" and began to carry out clandestine activities.
Sankara: The revival of communism is all about waiting, and today we are brothers with different surnames, and we do not seek to be born on the same day, the same month, the same year, but to die on the same day, the same month, the same year.
Kong Bolei: Although Kong is a martial artist, he also knows the word loyalty. As the so-called birds that choose wood, they have to perch on good trees, they choose the ministers of the lord, they have to meet the master, and Kong's wish in life is enough. From now on, Kong's life is Brother Sang's life, and Kong's body is Brother Sang's body, but with drive, there is no second heart.
Zongo: I'm the same.
Lingani: A certain vow to share weal and fall with his brother, accompany him for life, and accompany him in life and death.
Zongo: I'm the same.
Compaoré: Contrary to this statement, heaven and man will kill him.
Zongo: I'm the same.
During his tenure, Sankara firmly controlled the power of national television, making it a real propaganda tool through "live broadcasting". Later, Sankara had a disagreement with the head of state and head of state, Zebo, for advocating freedom of the press. On April 23, 1982, he spoke at a meeting of African ministers responsible for film in Ouagadougou, revealing his differences with the Zebo regime. He said: "Those who forbid the people to speak should be in bad luck", "Without freedom of speech, there is no film, and there is no freedom". The rhetoric reverberated strongly in China and was seen as a sign of political liberalization.
But at this time, Sankara is obviously a novice in the workplace. The leader picks up the dishes, you turn the table, the leader drinks water, you brake, and the leader speaks, you start broadcasting! Zebo's inner os: Sankara, can you still do it, you can't do it!
A few months later, Thomas Sankara was forced to resign, then arrested and imprisoned for two months before being sent to the Dedougou military camp in the north-west, where he began a semi-exile life. From then on, Sankara broke with the Zebo military regime completely.
From the people, to the people
In the process of exile, Sankara still did not forget to make friends with the heroes, looking forward to one day being able to display his ambitions, this kind of regardless of origin, only talk about feelings, finally let Sankara make friends with a fierce man, the military doctor Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo.
Brother Jean is completely different from Sankara, he has excellent grades since he was a child, his family is well-off, and he is what people call "someone else's child". After graduating from the Military Medical School of Bordeaux in France and the Medical School of the University of Strasbourg, Brother Rang returned to China and could no longer be called a "doctor", but had to be called a "teacher".
Not only that, Brother Jean is also a person with big ambitions. "Treating a disease is no different from governing the country, it is all about seeing a doctor, grabbing medicine, and then saving life. Driven by this philosophy, Jean Ge and Sankara soon became acquainted and came together.
The two are not only like-minded, but also real upper-class people in society, who can brag but don't have the guts to be the king of trains; has the courage but doesn't dare to brag that it is a "crazy boy plane"; If you have the courage and dare to brag, then I'm sorry, "Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao invites the big man to die"!
On November 7, 1982, Sankara and Jeango led 11 paratroopers, disguised as football players (which would not have been possible in China!). It took only one night to take the ** government, the national radio station, and the gendarmerie station.
Early the next morning, the people were surprised to learn from the radio that there was a coup d'état last night, and Zebo actually **. The 33-year-old Sankara was appointed as the Prime Minister by the Provisional Committee for the Salvation of the People, the highest body of state power and decision-making.
In the early days of his reign, there was a brief honeymoon period between Sankara and Jean. However, as the two gradually diverge in their political philosophies, their relationship begins to deteriorate and eventually becomes unmanageable. Sankara advocated the nationalization of the private sector and sought closer ties with Libya, while Jeanco favored more moderate reforms and wanted a compromise with Europe's established powers.
Sankara was a staunch opponent of colonialism, and he was determined to fight the traditional forces, old politicians and exploiters in the country and return the rights of the people to the people. This position clashed sharply with Jeango, and the conflict between the two reached a climax when Sankara agreed to a visit by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. On 17 May 1983, Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo arrested Sankara and relieved him of his post as Prime Minister.
Although Jean Ge realized that Sankara was the biggest threat, he did not dare to take decisive action due to the pressure he was under **. In August of the same year, under the pressure from all walks of life and the boiling of public opinion, Brother Jean had no choice but to release Sankara. However, revenge ensued. On 4 August, Thomas Sankara staged a military coup d'état that overthrew the regime of Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, an event known as the "August Fourth" Revolution. On the 23rd anniversary of the independence of Upper Volta (the predecessor of Burkina Faso), people across the country took to the streets to chant "Long live the revolution!" "Long live Sankara! "Down with imperialism! and other slogans. At this point, Brother Jean has completely lost political power.
Subsequently, Sankara experienced several coups d'état, but with his great political skill and foresight, he managed to withstand these challenges. During the "84 Revolution", he successfully integrated the military, political and diplomatic forces of Upper Volta, laying the foundation for Upper Volta to become prosperous and powerful.
After the 1983 Revolution, Thomas Sankara was appointed President of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of State. On August 24 of the same year, the new ** was formed, with Sankara as the head of the ** and Minister of the Interior and Security. The new ** members include 15 civilian officers and 5 military personnel, with an average age of about 30 years. On August 3, 1984, Sankara announced that the name of the country, which had been used during the colonial period, "Haut-Volta", would be changed to "Burkina Faso", which means "the country of decent men and gentlemen".
Flying passion and realistic dilemmas
When Thomas Sankara stepped onto the political scene in Burkina Faso, the African country was greeted with an unprecedented wind of change. Deeply influenced by Marxism, he embarked on a radical and far-sighted practice of governing the country with the grand dream of quickly shaping the country into a "paradise on earth."
He abolished the traditional powers of tribal chiefs, established the Committee for the Defence of the Revolution, modeled on the Cuban model, and focused on fighting corruption, promoting reforestation, eradicating famine, and developing education and health care. He put forward the slogan of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land", so that the peasants could obtain their own land, and the wheat output was greatly increased, and the grain self-sufficiency was realized. At the same time, we will increase the purchase of agricultural products and strictly control the necessities of life and medicine, and strive to ensure that every Burkina Faso can share in the fruits of development.
Sankara has also promoted universal access to education and implemented a nationwide literacy campaign to provide education opportunities for both women and children. He promoted the status of women, encouraged them to work and get education outside the home, and appointed a large number of female public officials in ** institutions. In addition, he abolished forced marriage and polygamy, and explicitly banned female circumcision, which made a great contribution to the protection of women's rights.
Diplomatically, Sankara adheres to a policy of non-alignment, good-neighborliness and friendship, and strongly opposes imperialism, colonialism and power politics. He advocated strengthening regional cooperation and establishing a new international economic order, and refused to accept restrictive international aid. He spoke out from the international rostrum against the infiltration of neocolonialism into West Africa and called on African countries to form a united front and refuse to repay their foreign debts.
However, Sankara's radical reforms have also brought their share of problems. Excessive controls on industry and commerce, import restrictions, and state-controlled economic policies have undermined economic vitality. Measures such as cuts in allowances and wages, and forced donations, while aimed at narrowing the rural-urban divide and eradicating privileges, also hurt the interests of the country's elites, leading to the stagnation of industry and agriculture and the scarcity of goods on the shelves. These problems provide an opportunity for the opposition to unite and wait for the moment to strike a fatal blow at Sankara.
Overall, Sankara's tenure in power was one of change and hope in Burkina Faso's history. His radical reforms have improved the well-being of the people to a certain extent, but they have also exposed many deep-seated contradictions and problems. These experiences and lessons have important implications for the future development of Burkina Faso.
The fall of incorruptibility
In the wave of opposition, the most conspicuous opponent was none other than his former "close comrade-in-arms" Compaoré. The relationship between them is just like the sentence "You can share hardships and hardships, but it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity". Sankara's radical reforms deeply hurt the interests of Compaoré and others. On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the "August Fourth" Revolution, Sankara's proposal to dissolve the national leftist organization and establish a unified party led by him was resolutely opposed by Compaoré and others.
Foreign capitalists are keenly aware of the contradictions between the two former allies. In August-September 1987, when the revolution in Burkina Faso entered a period of recuperation, leaflets attacking Compaoré and others began to circulate on the streets of Ouagadougou, and the slogan "Whoever opposes Sankara is a counter-revolutionary" made the conflict between the two men public.
In this imminent situation, on 14 October, Sankara took advantage of Compaoré's absence from the Cabinet to announce the creation of an "intervention force" with "supervision and security", headed by his cronies.
Not to be outdone, Compaoré staged a coup d'état on 15 October. At the time, Sankara was exhausted by opposition and instability in the country. Hearing the commotion outside, he first asked what was happening, and when he learned that it was Compaoré who had staged the coup, he calmly instructed his subordinates not to act rashly.
In the last moments of his life, Sankara still kept his head held high. Perhaps his mind drifted to dreams and enthusiasm under the blue sky, or perhaps he thought of the laughter of children, the busyness of women, or the small talk of men. He could no longer see the day when Burkina Faso would move towards a peaceful and happy life, freedom and equality for all. His beret and leopard-print military uniform were stained with blood, and he collapsed in the afterglow of the setting sun.
After Sankara's death, Compaoré took over Burkina Faso. He almost completely reversed Sankara's policies and rejoined the International Monetary Organization and the World Bank to access aid funds to revive the economy. However, Burkina Faso has not been so brightened. With the "assistance" of the International Monetary Organization and the World Bank, Burkina Faso has gradually lost its independent diplomatic ability and has become the target of competition between Britain, France and the United States, and its people are living in increasing poverty.
It is worth mentioning that after his retirement, Compaoré has hundreds of millions of Swiss bank assets, several overseas villas and luxury transportation. His re-election as Executive Chairman of the West African Economic and Monetary Union in 2007 and 2008 is undoubtedly a great irony of the name of Burkina Faso.
During his tenure, Sankara was known for his incorruptibility. He sold the Mercedes Benz of the ** fleet, took the lead in cutting the salaries of senior public officials, banned the use of ** drivers and first-class tickets. He refused to use air conditioning in his office, demanding that civil servants wear traditional tunics and be sewn by artisans in Burkina Faso. His family property is limited, and it is not even as good as the net worth of a ministerial-level cadre. He objected to *** When asked why he didn't hang his portrait in a public place, he replied: "There are 7 million Tomás Sankara. ”
Sankara's incorruptibility and spirit of consideration for the people have left a deep mark on Burkina Faso's history. However, his death and Compaoré's takeover led the country into decay and poverty. This begs the question of whether Burkina Faso could move towards a different future if Sankara had been able to remain in power.