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The Museum of Memory: Thomas Sankara Mausoleum
The Thomas Sankara Mausoleum in Ouagadougou is like a fantasy Wakanda building come to life. Clean lines, V-shaped pillars, earthy colours and local laterite bricks combine in an eye-shaped structure that nods both to indigeneity and cutting-edge science.
Its orange mud bricks are a hallmark of Diébédo Francis Kéré, the Burkinabé architect who designed the building. In 2022, Kéré became the first African to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Commissioned by former president Marc Christian Kaboré, the mausoleum was unveiled in May this year. It’s part of a wider effort to honour the legacy of Burkina Faso’s most famous son: former revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who led the country between 1983 and 1987.
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The Thomas Sankara Mausoleum in Ouagadougou is like a fantasy Wakanda building come to life. Clean lines, V-shaped pillars, earthy colours and local laterite bricks combine in an eye-shaped structure that nods both to indigeneity and cutting-edge science.
Its orange mud bricks are a hallmark of Diébédo Francis Kéré, the Burkinabé architect who designed the building. In 2022, Kéré became the first African to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Commissioned by former president Marc Christian Kaboré, the mausoleum was unveiled in May this year. It’s part of a wider effort to honour the legacy of Burkina Faso’s most famous son: former revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who led the country between 1983 and 1987.
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