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.
I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism.
The bottom line is, if you stay home, your message stays home with you. If you stand for justice and equality, you have an obligation to find the biggest possible megaphone to let your feelings be known. Don't let your message be buried and don't bury yourself.
They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.
When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor.
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of the guns were turned against the people. The justice of our cries went unrecognized.
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