Zaïna Méresse

Zaïna Meresse, born Boinali on June 18, 1935, in Bandrele and died on April 11, 2014, in Mamoudzou, was a Mahorese activist and politician.[1][2][3][4]

Zaïna Méresse
Born(1935-06-18)June 18, 1935
Bandrélé Mayotte
DiedApril 11, 2014(2014-04-11) (aged 78)
Mamoudzou Mayotte
Burial placePamandzi
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrench
OccupationPolitician
MovementChatouilleuses
AwardsKnight of • Legion of Honour

Officer • Legion of Honour

Knight of • Ordre national du Mérite

Officer • Ordre national du Mérite

She was one of the leaders of Mahorese Chatouilleuses who claimed Mayotte for France.[1]  She then sat on the general council of Mayotte.[5]

Biography

Zaïna Méresse, was born on June 18, 1935, in Bandrélé[6] on the island of Grande-Terre, in Mayotte.

She got involved in the 1960s so that Mayotte would remain French[7] during the independence of the Comoros.  With them, other women, such as Coco Djoumoi and Boueni M'Titi, decided to carry out commando actions against the authorities, coming from Grande Comore, by resorting to an original means of action to push them back.  They are then called the Chatouilleuses,[8] of which Zaïna Meresse is "one of the historical combatants". Being married to a metropolitan,[9] she spoke French, unlike the other activists, which enabled her to write letters to the authorities, and also to grant numerous interviews to relate her experience within the movement, contributing to  publicize it.[10][11]

She subsequently committed to the Departmental council of Mayotte.[12]

Awards and Nominations

References
  1. Perzo, Anne (April 12, 2014). "Décès de Zaïna Méresse – Le Journal De Mayotte actualité". Le Journal De Mayotte (in French). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. Perzo, Anne (April 12, 2014). "Zaïna Meresse portée en terre – Le Journal De Mayotte actualité". Le Journal De Mayotte (in French). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. "Départementalisation de Mayotte : sortir de l'ambiguïté, faire face aux responsabilités". www.senat.fr. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. "Mayotte: "Nous voulons être comme la Lozère"". LExpress.fr (in French). August 21, 1997. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  5. "Départementalisation de Mayotte : sortir de l'ambiguïté, faire face aux responsabilités". www.senat.fr. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  6. "BOINALI Zaina". deces.matchid.io. according to data from INSEE
  7. Perzo, Anne (April 27, 2014). "Paris a rendu hommage Zaïna Meresse – Le Journal De Mayotte actualité". Le Journal De Mayotte (in French). Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  8. "Départementalisation de Mayotte : sortir de l'ambiguïté, faire face aux responsabilités". www.senat.fr. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  9. Philippe Boisadam (2009). But what to do with Mayotte?. Harmattan. p. 100. ISBN 978-2-296-08612-8.
  10. Idriss, Mamaye (2016). "Le mouvement des chatouilleuses : genre et violence dans l'action politique à Mayotte (1966–1976)". Le Mouvement Social. 255 (2): 57–70. doi:10.3917/lms.255.0057. ISSN 0027-2671. JSTOR 26322024. S2CID 147749820.
  11. https://www.cairn.info/revue-le-mouvement-social-2016-2-page-57.htm
  12. "Hommage à Zaina Meresse". Younous Omarjee (in French). April 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  13. Décret du 3 décembre 1994 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved September 7, 2020
  14. "Décret du 3 décembre 1994 portant promotion et nomination – Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  15. Décret du 9 avril 2004 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved September 7, 2020
  16. Perzo, Anne (April 12, 2014). "Décès de Zaïna Méresse – Le Journal De Mayotte actualité". Le Journal De Mayotte (in French). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
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