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THOMAS SANKARA BLAST THE IMF In 1987, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary president of Burkina Faso spoke about the IMF, food aid, and the quiet violence of dependency that keeps nations poor. He warned that aid without dignity is another form of control, and that the debt imposed on Africa...

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