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Film: Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man (Directed by Robin Shuffield, France 2006: 52 minutes)
A documentary film about Thomas Sankara, former president of Burkina Faso. Sankara was known as "the African Che," and became famous in Africa due to his innovative ideas, his devastating humor, his spirit and his altruism.
Discussant: Ndumiso Dladla (South Africa)
Ndumiso Dladla lives in the great city of Pretoria, South Africa where he teaches legal philosophy at the Department of Jurisprudence, University of Pretoria. His research interests include African philosophy with a special focus on Ubu-ntu philosophy as well as social, legal and political philosophy. He is author of numerous articles in these fields and of a monograph Here is a Table: A Philosophical Essay on the History of Race/ism (2020). He was co-editor of African Economic History special issue Neo-colonialism and Economic Sovereignty in South Africa. He is a member of the Azanian Philosophical Society.