‘So far and yet so near’: Cuba and revolutionary Burkina Faso

In August 1983, a group of radical junior officers and civilian revolutionaries seized power in Upper Volta. Led by Captain Thomas Sankara, who would become widely known as ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, Burkina Faso – as the country was renamed – embarked upon a path of radical change, breaking from its n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pritchard, Liam
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/81165/