Aïssa Diori

Aïssa Diori (1968)

Aïssa Diori (* 1928 in Dogondoutchi ; † April 15, 1974 in Niamey ; also Aïchatou Diori , née Aïssa Amadou ) was the wife of the Nigerien President Hamani Diori and the honorary chairwoman of the women's organization Union des Femmes du Niger .

Life

Aïssa Amadou was born in the Dogondoutchi village of Togone and belonged to the Fulbe ethnic group . On May 9, 1945 she married the teacher Hamani Diori. The couple had six children. Their oldest son was the businessman and politician Abdoulaye Hamani Diori .

Hamani Diori became politically active in the Nigerien Progress Party from 1946 and was the first state president in Niger, which was independent from France , from 1960 to 1974 . Aïssa Diori took over the patronage of the party's women's organization, the Union des Femmes du Niger (UFN; German: "Union of Women Nigers"), which was founded in 1958 and which she held until her death. The organization was an alliance of women from the capital Niamey who campaigned for women's access to education, for jobs for women and for more sanitary facilities. In addition, she tried to reform the law on marriage and bride price as well as her own family law , but failed with these political concerns. The political participation of women in Niger in the 1960s and 1970s were marked limits. The First Lady and her UFN, however, anchored the presence of women-specific issues in public, on which later feminist efforts for political participation from the 1990s could build. Aïssa Diori amassed considerable personal possessions, particularly real estate in the capital, during her husband's reign. Students critical of the regime gave her the nickname l'Autrichienne . She also appeared as a patron of artists such as the singer Bouli Kakasi and the singer Mamman Shata .

On the night of April 15, 1974, officer Gabriel Cyrille and several soldiers broke into the presidential palace. Aïssa Diori was shot dead by Sergeant Niandou Hamidou during the violent clashes. The action was part of a military coup in which the entire state leadership was overturned and as a result of which the Supreme Military Council under the leadership of Seyni Kountché took power in the state.

Individual evidence

^ André Salifou : Biographie politique de Diori Hamani, premier président de la république du Niger . With a foreword by Omar Bongo Ondimba . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 , pp. 29 .
^ ^A ^b Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 181 .
↑ Kathleen Sheldon : Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa . Scarecrow, Lanham 2005, ISBN 0-8108-5331-0 , pp. 250 .
↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 451 .
^ André Salifou : Biographie politique de Diori Hamani, premier président de la république du Niger . With a foreword by Omar Bongo Ondimba . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 , pp. 248 .

personal data
SURNAME	Diori, Aïssa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Amadou, Aïssa (maiden name); Diori, Aïchatou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien women's rights activist and wife of President Hamani Diori
DATE OF BIRTH	1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dogondoutchi
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 1974
Place of death	Niamey

[1] André Salifou : Biographie politique de Diori Hamani, premier président de la république du Niger . With a foreword by Omar Bongo Ondimba . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 , pp. 29 .

[Idrissa_181-2] A ^b Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 181 .

[3] Kathleen Sheldon : Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa . Scarecrow, Lanham 2005, ISBN 0-8108-5331-0 , pp. 250 .

[4] Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 451 .

[5] André Salifou : Biographie politique de Diori Hamani, premier président de la république du Niger . With a foreword by Omar Bongo Ondimba . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 , pp. 248 .