In 4 years, Thomas Sankara Built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid, Increased the literacy rate by 60%, Banned forced marriages and female genital mutilation, Gave poor people land, Vaccinated 2.5 million kids against measles, fever etc. Before his tenure, Ministers used Mercedes Benz cars. He sold them and bought cheap Renault 5 cars for them to save costs. Thomas Sankara refused to have his portraits hung publicly. He renamed the country, Burkina Faso
(Land of Honest Men) and composed the National Anthem. He reduced the salaries of Government officials including his own. He was murdered by his best friend, Blaise Compaoré who ruled Burkina Faso for 27 years (1987 to 2014). He became Burkina Faso's 🇧🇫 President at the age of 33 in 1983, and served until he was murdered on October 15, 1987.
