Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, articulated an economic development doctrine grounded in domestic resource mobilization and the rejection of foreign structural dependency.
Thomas Sankara and Endogenous Self-Reliance: Lessons for 2026
Sankara’s 1987 OAU address on debt and domestic resource mobilization resonates with today’s sovereign choices. A comparative economic assessment.
By The Newsroom·August 6, 2026·Bobo-Dioulasso & Ouagadougou
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