For example, when asked why he didn't want his portrait hung in public places, as was the norm for other leaders on the continent, he replied "There are seven million Thomas Sankaras."
Mar la weydiiyay sababta uu u diiday in sawirkiisa la suro goobaha dadweynaha, sida madaxda kale ee Afrika, Sankara wuxuu ku war-celiyay; "Waxaa dalkan ku sugan toddobo milyan oo Thomas Sankara ah."