In an interview, Ernest Harsch, the biographer of Thomas Sankara, paints a vivid image of the remarkable personality of this legendary African icon:
Waraysi laga qaaday, Ernest Harsch, oo ah ninka qoray taariikhda Thomas Sankara, ayaa sawiraya muuqaal nool oo uu ku qeexayo shakhsiyaddii aan caadiga ahayn ee halyeeygan reer Afrika: