Thomas Sankara Quotes:
Ocupation: Political figure
Life: December 21, 1949 - October 15, 1987
Birthday: December 21
Death: October 15
The revolution and women's liberation go together. We do not talk of women's emancipation as an act of charity or out of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution to triumph. Women hold up the other half of the sky.
source: Thomas Sankara (2007). “We are Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Press
topic: Compassion, Sky, Together, Acts Of Charity, Upright Man
