In only 4 years in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara Built 350 schools, roads, and railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by 60% Banned forced marriages Gave poor people land Vaccinated 2.5 million kids Planted 10 million trees Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave. Sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso ...