Sankara

American  

[suhng-ker-uh] / ˈsʌŋ kər ə /

noun

1. Shankara.

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Sankara British  

/ ˈsænkɑːrə /

noun

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

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Barron's

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

From BBC

Sankara rose to power in a coup in 1983 at the age of 33, rallied the nation under the motto "Fatherland or death, we will win!"

From BBC

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".

From BBC