An Image of Thomas Sankara and Fela at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival
One of Africa’s finest leaders, President Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso, is shown in a photo joking around with Fela Kuti at the 1987 Panafrican Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Thomas Sankara was shot and killed a few months later by dissident soldiers in his own army.