Zakia Madi

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Zakia Madi (1944 - 1969) was a Mahoran activist and a member of the Chatouilleuses and who was killed by the Comorian army during a protest in 1969. Both the market and a school in Mayotte have been renamed in her honour.

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Biography

Born in Ouangani in 1944, Madi was one of the leaders of the Chatouilleuses, [1] a Mahoran women's movement who supported the French claim to Mayotte. [2] Other women in the movement included Zéna M'Déré and Bweni M'Titi, [3] as well as Zaïna Méresse and Echati Maoulida. [4] [5]

Madi was killed in Mamoudzou on 13 October 1969 during clashes with the Comorian guard in Mamoudzou. [1] [6] [7] Whilst around twenty people were injured, hers was the only fatality. [8] Due to her death reconciliation between the Mahoré People's Movement and Said Mohamed Cheikh's Parti Vert proved impossible. [9] [10]

Commemoration

The Mahoran writer Alain-Kamal Martial wrote a play about her, entitled Zakia Madi: la chatouilleuse, which was published in 2004. [11] [12] The covered market of Mamoudzou was named after Madi in 2014. [8] Collège Zakia Madi in Mayotte is also named after her. [13]

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  8. 1 2 "Le Journal De Mayotte". 2016-04-05. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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