Echati Maoulida | |
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Born | Echati Maoulida Mwenge March 13, 1935 |
Died | September 15, 2019 Bouéni, Mayotte | (aged 84)
Citizenship | France |
Organization | Chatouilleuses |
Echati Maoulida, full name Echati Maoulida Mwenge, was a Mahorese activist who promoted the culture of the department and advocated for its separation from Comoros. [1]
Maoulida was born in 1935 in the canton of Bouéni on the island of Grand-Terre in Mayotte. In the 1960s and 70s, she was a member of the Chatouilleuses movement, a women's activist group which used tickle torture to coerce politicians into supporting Mayotte's separation from Comoros. [2] Additionally, Maoulida campaigned for increased educational opportunities for young boys and girls. [3]
As a fundi, or spiritual leader, Maoulida was able to travel all over the island of Mayotte. She began singing in her hometown, learning the political and religious songs known as maulida at a Koranic school. Throughout her life, she visited religious services to sing the memorized songs. [4]
Maoulida died at the age of 84 in 2019. She was the last living member of the Chatouilleuses, with her death causing a call by the Collective of the Citizens of Mayotte to begin efforts to collect oral histories from the island's elders, and to name a new school in her honor. [3]
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Echati Maoulida | |
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Born | Echati Maoulida Mwenge March 13, 1935 |
Died | September 15, 2019 Bouéni, Mayotte | (aged 84)
Citizenship | France |
Organization | Chatouilleuses |
Echati Maoulida, full name Echati Maoulida Mwenge, was a Mahorese activist who promoted the culture of the department and advocated for its separation from Comoros. [1]
Maoulida was born in 1935 in the canton of Bouéni on the island of Grand-Terre in Mayotte. In the 1960s and 70s, she was a member of the Chatouilleuses movement, a women's activist group which used tickle torture to coerce politicians into supporting Mayotte's separation from Comoros. [2] Additionally, Maoulida campaigned for increased educational opportunities for young boys and girls. [3]
As a fundi, or spiritual leader, Maoulida was able to travel all over the island of Mayotte. She began singing in her hometown, learning the political and religious songs known as maulida at a Koranic school. Throughout her life, she visited religious services to sing the memorized songs. [4]
Maoulida died at the age of 84 in 2019. She was the last living member of the Chatouilleuses, with her death causing a call by the Collective of the Citizens of Mayotte to begin efforts to collect oral histories from the island's elders, and to name a new school in her honor. [3]
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