Tall Fatou Souko

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Tall Fatou Souko (18 January 1929  - 15 October 2013) was a Malian teacher and administrative official. She was one of the earliest Malian women trade unionists and was the secretary general of the Mali Women's Union.[1][2]

Education and career[]

Souko attended schools in Toukoto, Kita and Bamako before qualifying as a teacher from the Rufisque Girls' Normal School in 1950. Souko began her teaching career in Kita and Koutiala before moving to Bamako in 1961, where she served as an administrative officer. She was a member of the Sudanese Union Women's Office in Koutiala and participated in trade union activism in Bamako. In 1972, she was elected Secretary for External Relations of the Union of Civil Servants and Secretary of Culture for the Central Trade Union Confederation in 1973. She was a founding  member and Secretary General of the Mali Women's Union initiated by Maria the wife of the Malian President Moussa Traoré from 1974 to 1977.[1][3]

Souko Women's Union was terminated in 1977 and was arrested in February 1978 on the order of Mariam Traoré following an attempted coup in Bagayoko, Doukara and Karim Dembélé due to her ties to Defense Minister Kissima Doukara and Karim Dembélé. Souko was detained by the police for eight months. In 1991, she participated in the organization of the National Conference in Mali. She founded the Islamic Women's Association in 1980s which changed to its name to Fidama in 1991.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b maliweb (2014-07-27). "maliweb.net - KEITA Aminata MAIGA rend Hommage aux Femmes leaders disparues". maliweb.net (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  2. ^ Ba Konaré, Adame (1993). Dictionnaire des femmes célèbres du Mali. Bamako: Jamana. pp. 371–373.
  3. ^ Pascal, James Imperato; Gavin H., Imperato (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mali, fourth edition. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-8108-5603-5.
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