Sankarism

Sankarism (also written Sankaraism) is a term sometimes applied to denote a left-wing ideological trend within the political milieu of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, as well as the policies of the military regime led by Captain Thomas Sankara. Sankara came to power in what was then the Republic of Upper Volta in a 1983 military coup, and ruled until his assassination in a coup orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré in 1987.