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Revolutionary anti-colonial socialismHistorical polity

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.

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Predominant Spectrum
Radical left
Closest catalog ideology
African Socialism
Closest Figure
Thomas Sankara
Catalog flag image for Sankara's Burkina Faso
Historical politySources & interpretation
Identity & context
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Description
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Political coordinates
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Political Axes

Profile across the 12 axes

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  • Distribution of power

    Strong · Unitary
    Federal27.5%
    Unitary72.5%
  • Representation

    Leaning · Autocracy
    Democracy41.2%
    Autocracy58.8%
  • Civil liberties

    Leaning · Security
    Security62.5%
    Liberty37.5%
  • Cultural integration

    Near midpoint
    Assimilation46.2%
    Multicultural53.8%
  • Conflict resolution

    Leaning · Negotiation
    Military force35%
    Negotiation65%
  • Foreign involvement

    Leaning · Non-Intervention
    Non-Intervention60%
    Interventionist40%
  • Ownership

    Strong · Public
    Public75%
    Private25%
  • Economic coordination

    Strong · State direction
    State direction76.2%
    Markets23.8%
  • International trade

    Strong · Protectionism
    Protectionism77.5%
    Free trade22.5%
  • Religion & state

    Leaning · Secular
    Secular67.5%
    Religious32.5%
  • Social norms

    Leaning · Progressive
    Progressive62.5%
    Traditionalist37.5%
  • Technology & precaution

    Leaning · Ecologist
    Acceleration41.2%
    Ecologist58.8%

What distinguishes Sankara's Burkina Faso

Largest median distance

International trade

This position is 31.9 points from the median of the 204 country and regime profiles in this collection.

Catalog median 46% ProtectionismSankara's Burkina Faso 78% Protectionism

This is the largest distance from this collection’s median across the twelve axes. The collection is not a survey of public opinion.

Closest to catalog median

Distribution of power

This position is 1.2 points from this collection’s median.

Catalog median 29% FederalSankara's Burkina Faso 28% Federal

This is the smallest median distance across the twelve axes; it does not establish a historical or political consensus.