Thomas Sankara Speaks Remember that moment when you

Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you

Bobby Seale

The Children of Blood and Bone is influenced by Adeyemi’s West African heritage

and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs

a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s

Thomas Sankara Speaks Remember that moment when youUnder Sankaras leadership, the revolutionary government of Burkina Faso in West Africa set an electrifying example. Peasants, workers, women, and youth mobilized to carry out literacy and immunization drives; to sink wells, plant trees, build dams, erect housing; to combat the oppression of women and transform exploitative relations on the land; to free themselves from the imperialist yoke and solidarize with others engaged in that fight