As We Remember Sankara Poem by Phillip Nine Mafunga

I do not know how it feels like being a scholar
That has eluded me
Do I even know how it feels like to be popular?
May be I am and I do not know
I feel like scholars are just abstract humans
May be they live in the abstract who knows
But Captain Thomas Sankara spoke what he thought
He acted on what he spoke

Upper Volta became Burkina Faso- Land of the upright men
Africa has a reference point in his deeds
Here is man who confronted the scourge of corruption with clarity
Here is man who confronted the former colonial masters with conviction
Here is a man who revolutionized society positively
Here is a man who gave meaning to self-reliance
Here is a man who brought for sufficiency to his land
Here is great rallying point for the young people of Africa!
ALUTA SANKARAISM!
PHILLIP NINE MAFUNGA
15 October 2020