Never be shamed of being Afrikan
Interpretation
Embrace your identity and heritage with pride.
This quote by Thomas Sankara encourages individuals to take pride in their African heritage and not to feel embarrassed or ashamed of their roots. In a world where cultural identities can sometimes be marginalized, it serves as a powerful reminder to honor and celebrate one's background, promoting self-acceptance and communal solidarity.
In practice
This quote can be used during a cultural awareness event to inspire pride among attendees.
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be the heirs of all the revolutions of the world, of all the liberation struggles of the peoples of the Third World. We draw the lessons of the American revolution.
Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question. Africa's absence from the club of those who have the right to veto is unjust and should be ended.
We must dare to invent the future
It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to be a star. No, the problem of Upper Volta is more serious than that. It was a grave mistake to have looked for a man, a star, at all costs, to the point of creating one, that is, to the point of attributing the ownership of the event to captain Sankara, who must have been the brains, etc.
Under its current form, that is imperialism-controlled, debt is a cleverly managed re-conquest of Africa, aiming at subjugating its growth and development through foreign rules. Thus, each one of us becomes the financial slave, which is to say a true slave.
It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.
Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure in order to embrace the new & unknown.
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of lineβthe survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.
There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.
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