
He wanted to eliminate the tradition of Muslim mendiant children, insisting that the Koran instructed that man should work, not beg for a living. He banned all land lords, decreeing that accommodation should be free. Not surprisingly he was looked upon as a dangerous fire brand by the international community.
Sankara was first chosen by Blaise Compaoré, his military brother-in-arms, to become president of the little land-locked country, then assassinated by the same Blaise for being too radical. Blaise Compaoré is now president, and noone speaks too much about these things in Burkina Faso...except in hushed tones only. There is something grand and truly tragic in a Greek sense about the story of these two blood brothers.

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