African Women's Union of the Congo

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The African Women's Union of Congo (French : Union des femmes africaines au Congo, abbreviated U.F.A.C.) was a women's organization in Congo-Brazzaville. U.F.A.C. was closely associated with the Congolese Youth Union (U.J.C.). U.F.A.C. largely failed to obtain a following beyond the milieus around U.J.C. [1]

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The Congolese Youth Union was a youth organization in Congo-Brazzaville. The U.J.C. was initially merely a local branch of the Republican Youth Union of France (U.J.R.F.), the youth wing the French Communist Party. However it developed into an independent organization and began organizing cells in different parts of the territory. The movement established a sizeable presence in the cities of lower Congo, such as Point-Noire, Jacob and Dolisie. U.J.C. was led by the trade union leader Aimé Matsika.

U.F.A.C. was affiliated to the International Women's Federation (F.I.F.). [1]

Leadership

Alice Mahoungou (nee Alice Badiangaba) was a women's activist and politician in Brazzaville who became one of the leaders of the African Women's Union of the Congo (U.F.A.C.). In addition, she was an activist on behalf of the Congolese Youth Union (U.J.C.). [2]

Alice Mahoungou, born Alice Badiangaba, was a Congolese (Brazzaville) politician and women's activist. She was a Congolese Youth Union (U.J.C) activist and a leader of the African Women's Union of the Congo (U.F.A.C). She took part in the 1958 World Festival of Youth and Students in Vienna. In 1960 she was, along with other U.J.C activists, imprisoned, accused of participating in a 'communist plot'. She became famous in Congo-Brazzaville for her role in the August 1963 revolution, as she threw back a hand-grenade that soldiers had tossed into a crowd of demonstrators.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy. Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique . Paris: Karthala, 1997. p. 39
  2. ↑ Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy, Les voies du politique au Congo.


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