Sankara

[suhng-ker-uh]

noun

1. Shankara.

Sankara

/ ˈsænkɑːrə /

noun

1. 8th century _ad , Hindu philosopher, the leading exponent of the Vedantic school: noted for his commentaries on the great Hindu texts

Example Sentences

It largely revolves around the rise of Thomas Sankara, a military officer in Burkina Faso who seized power in the 1980s and tried to introduce a radical pan-Africanism across the continent before he was assassinated a few years later.

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The country’s current leaders have styled themselves as the heirs to Sankara, and the game pushes their ambitions a step further, with some help from Russia of course.

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He was also a lawyer for the family of the former head of state Thomas Sankara, who was killed in 1987 in a coup led by his successor Compaore.

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His message has resonated across Africa and beyond, with his admirers seeing him as following in the footsteps of African heroes like Burkina Faso's very own Thomas Sankara - a Marxist revolutionary who is sometimes referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara".

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"He is media-savvy, and uses the past to build his popularity as a reincarnation of Sankara," he told the BBC.

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