[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  African Hub [@AfricanHub_](/creator/twitter/AfricanHub_) on x 1M followers Created: 2025-07-26 14:16:19 UTC In only X years in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara Built XXX schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by XX% Banned forced marriages Gave poor people land Vaccinated XXX million kids Planted XX million trees Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave Sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault X (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers. He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets. As President, he lowered his salary to $XXX a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer. He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.” Drove out French imperialism & withdrew Burkina Faso from IMF  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [positions](/topic/positions) [hub](/topic/hub) [Post Link](https://x.com/AfricanHub_/status/1949111544991686716)
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African Hub @AfricanHub_ on x 1M followers
Created: 2025-07-26 14:16:19 UTC
In only X years in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara
Built XXX schools, roads, railways without foreign aid
Increased literacy rate by XX%
Banned forced marriages
Gave poor people land
Vaccinated XXX million kids
Planted XX million trees
Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave
Sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault X (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers.
He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets.
As President, he lowered his salary to $XXX a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer.
He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.”
Drove out French imperialism & withdrew Burkina Faso from IMF
XXXXXX engagements
