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                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:person
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:birthDate
                                    
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                                            1949-12-21
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:birthPlace
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Yako,_French_Upper_Volta
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:causeOfDeath
                                    
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                                            gptkb:murder
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:countryLed
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Burkina_Faso
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:deathDate
                                    
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                                            1987-10-15
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:deathPlace
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Ouagadougou,_Burkina_Faso
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:education
                                    
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                                            gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:honorificPrefix
                                    
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                                            Captain
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:influenced
                                    
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                                            African leftist movements
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:influencedBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Fidel_Castro
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Che_Guevara
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Kwame Nkrumah
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:knownFor
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Burkinabé_Revolution
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            anti-imperialism
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            environmentalism
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            women's rights advocacy
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:languageSpoken
                                    
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                                            gptkb:French
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Mòoré
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:legacy
                                    
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                                            Icon of Pan-Africanism
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Advocate for self-sufficiency in Africa
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Symbol of anti-corruption
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:memorial
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Thomas_Sankara_Memorial,_Ouagadougou
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:militaryRank
                                    
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                                            Captain
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:nationality
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Burkinabé
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:notableWork
                                    
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                                            Speeches on African liberation
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:occupation
                                    
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                                            gptkb:revolutionary
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:military_officer
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:politician
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:policy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:farmer
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            infrastructure development
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            vaccination campaigns
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            promotion of women's rights
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            anti-corruption measures
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            literacy campaigns
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            abolition of tribal chiefs' privileges
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            ban on female genital mutilation
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            ban on forced marriages
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            environmental reforestation
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            reduction of government salaries
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
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                                        gptkbp:positionHeld
                                    
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                                            gptkb:President_of_Burkina_Faso
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:predecessor
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Ouédraogo
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:religion
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:renamedCountry
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Upper Volta to Burkina Faso
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:restingPlace
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Ouagadougou,_Burkina_Faso
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:signature
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Thomas Sankara signature.svg
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:spouse
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Mariama_Sankara
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:successor
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Blaise_Compaoré
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:termEnd
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            1987-10-15
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:termStart
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            1983-08-04
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Order_of_José_Martí
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Thomas
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Ouagadougou
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
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                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
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                                            Thomas Sankara
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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