| LC control no. | n 86127831 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sankara, Thomas |
| Variant(s) | Ouédraogo, Thomas |
| See also | Burkina Faso. President (1983-1987 : Sankara) |
| Associated country | Burkina Faso |
| Birth date | 1949-12-21 |
| Death date | 1987-10-15 |
| Place of birth | Yako (Burkina Faso) |
| Place of death | Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
| Field of activity | Burkina Faso--Politics and government--1960-1987 |
| Affiliation | Upper Volta. Forces armées nationales |
| Profession or occupation | Presidents |
| Found in | Ziegler, J.P. Thomas Sankara, un nouveau pouvoir africain, c1986: t.p. (Thomas Sankara) p. 17 (b. 38 yrs. ago) p. 4 of cover (le 4 août 1983, le capitaine Thomas Sankara prend le pouvoir en Haute-Volta (Burkina-Faso)) His Thomas Sankara speaks, 1988: t.p. (Thomas Sankara) p. 1 (b. 12/21/49) p. 7 (d. 10/15/87) Thomas Sankara, 2014: ECIP ch. 2 (his name at birth was Thomas Noël Isidore Ouédraogo; Silmi-Mossi ethnic group; his father had assumed the name Ouédraogo during World War II, changed it back to Sankara when Thomas was in his teens) ECIP ch. 8 (killed Oct. 15, 1987 at Conseil de l'Entente hdq. [Ouagadougou]) |
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