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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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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Thomas Sankara
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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
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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:military_officer
politician
revolutionary
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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
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Upper Volta to Burkina Faso
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Ouagadougou,_Burkina_Faso
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gptkbp:signature
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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
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1987-10-15
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gptkbp:termStart
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1983-08-04
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sankara
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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