>>3536050>forced civil servants to pay one month’s salary to public projects.>refused to use the air conditioning in his office on the grounds that such luxury was not available to anyone but a handful of Burkinabes.>As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer.>A motorcyclist himself, he formed an all-women motorcycle personal guard.>required public servants to wear a traditional tunic, woven from Burkinabe cotton and sewn by Burkinabe craftsmen. (The reason being to rely upon local industry and identity rather than foreign industry and identity)>when asked why he didn’t want his portrait hung in public places, as was the norm for other African leaders, Sankara replied “There are seven million Thomas Sankaras.”And of course, a coup was staged against him because he didn't conform to the Western nations, thus leading the lives of the Burkinabes to shit under the forcibly-installed dictator. Thank God he was impeached and chased out recently, the Burkinabes love and miss Sankara.
