A little over a year after an initial bronze statue was unveiled of Thomas Sankara, government unveiled another – of the same work.
Criticisms had trailed the March 2019 statue which a number of people said did not do justice to the former Burkinabe leader – at least per his looks.
The criticized sculptor, Jean Luc Bambara, went back to the drawing board and came up with the new one which many say is an upgrade from the first work.
Speaking at the event, Foreign Affairs Minister Alpha Barry told French broadcaster RFI: “It’s hard to say whether one can 100% capture Thomas Sankara, but what we have [now] represents him and that’s what matters most.
“The government has given strong backing to this project to get a memorial worthy of its name,” he stressed.
