Revolutionary anti-colonial socialism

Sankara's Burkina Faso

Under Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso combined food self-sufficiency, mass vaccination and literacy campaigns, women's emancipation, rejection of foreign debt, and a frontal break with French neocolonialism.

Historical regime · 1983–1987

Profile across the 12 axes

How Sankara's Burkina Faso positions on each of the 12 political dimensions measured by 12 Axes.

Structure

Strong - Unitary

Federal 28%

Unitary 73%

Representation

Leaning - Autocracy

Democracy 41%

Autocracy 59%

Power

Leaning - Security

Security 63%

Liberty 38%

Immigration

Balanced

Assimilation 46%

Multiculturalism 54%

Diplomacy

Leaning - Pacifist

Militarist 35%

Pacifist 65%

Intervention

Leaning - Non-interventionist

Non-interventionist 60%

Nationalist 40%

Economy

Strong - Public

Public 75%

Private 25%

Control

Strong - Planning

Planning 76%

Free market 24%

Trade

Strong - Protectionism

Protectionism 78%

Globalism 23%

Religion

Leaning - Irreligious

Irreligious 68%

Religious 33%

Morality

Leaning - Progressive

Progressive 63%

Traditionalist 38%

Technology

Leaning - Biology

Technology 41%

Biology 59%

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