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Odile Sankara Quotes

Burkina Faso

Odile Sankara is a Burkinabé artist, actress, playwright and director. She is the President of the Récréâtrales and a younger sister to the late revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara.

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What's great today is that it's the artists who are keeping the flame of the revolution alive.

Since October 31, 2014, and the fall of Compaoré, theater has been revived in Burkina. It has even become the country's primary political platform.

Unfortunately, men aren't ready to let go. Liberia set an example with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. She steered the ship well, so it's possible. There are women who are capable of taking the reins of power, but I don't think the mentalities are read.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Odile Sankara (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.