Noma Kaka

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Noma Kaka (* 1920 in Dogondoutchi , † February 22, 1993 ibid) was a Nigerien politician .

Life

Noma Kaka belonged to the Hausa subgroup Maouri. He attended elementary school and the regional school in Birni-N'Konni . From 1933 to 1936 he went to higher elementary school in Niamey , followed by a visit to the École normal William Ponty in Sébikotane , where he graduated in 1939.

In the same year, at the beginning of World War II , Kaka joined the 8th Battalion of Tirailleurs sénégalais of the French armed forces . He was stationed in Abidjan . Half a year later, after the defeat of France , he was taken off duty indefinitely. From 1941 Kaka worked as a teacher in Niamey, first at the regional school there, then at the secondary school. From 1942 to 1946 he worked as vice director of the regional school of Fada N'Gourma . On the grounds of the state of health of a family member, he brought about his transfer to Niamey in 1946, where he was assigned to the École Neuve .

Noma Kaka began to be politically active in the Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN-RDA), the first political party of Niger founded in 1946, which belonged to French West Africa until 1960 . In addition, from 1946 to 1974 he was Secretary General of the Nigerian Teachers' Syndicate . In 1948 he signed a petition to Paul Coste-Floret , Minister for Overseas France, demanding that Jean Toby be deposed as Governor of Niger on the occasion of his visit to Niamey . As a result, Kaka, like several other PPN-RDA officials, was transferred to an area outside Niger - in his case, French Sudan - as a disciplinary measure . There he was a teacher at the primary school in San from 1948 to 1950 , then director of the primary school in Nara and finally from 1951 school administrator at the École de la République in Bamako .

At the beginning of 1953 he was able to return to Niger. He initially worked as the assistant director of the teachers' college in Tahoua until he was appointed director of the Agadez elementary school in 1954 . From 1955 to 1958 he worked as a school director in Niamey, first at the École Nord , then at the École Neuve . In 1956, Noma Kaka became a member of the party leadership as economic secretary in the PPN-RDA. He was to hold this position until 1974. He led a strike against the Sawaba government, which was in power from 1957 to 1958. In the elections for the Territorial Assembly of 1958 , Kaka was elected to the parliament of Niger in the constituency of Birni-N'Konni. There he worked as a member of the Commission for Social Affairs and Labor and as Chairman of the Commission for Legal Affairs. He also represented Niger in the Grand Council of French West Africa from 1958 to 1959 and was Senator for Niger at the Communauté franco-africaine from 1959 to 1961 . In the Senate, he was a member of the parliamentary group Alliance for Unity of the Community and the Democratic Left .

After Niger gained independence from France in 1960, Noma Kaka remained a member of the Nigerien parliament, which is now the National Assembly . The PPN-RDA was the unity party under the president Hamani Diori and the party chairman Boubou Hama . In 1964, Kaka became President of the State Security Court, which legitimized repression against political opponents. From 1965 to 1970 he was Minister of Defense . In 1970 he was elected Kona , the traditional local chief of his birthplace, Dogondoutchi. Kaka was Minister for the Rural Economy from 1970 to 1972 when the major drought that led to the famine in the Sahel began. From 1972 he was Minister for Mining, Geology and Water Management. During this time Niger tried to negotiate a higher share of the income from uranium mining .

In a military coup on April 15, 1974, Seyni Kountché deposed the country's political elite and made himself the new head of state as chairman of the Supreme Military Council . Noma Kaka was initially imprisoned in the Tondibiah military camp on the outskirts of Niamey. He was then transferred to the Agadez and Zinder military camps . In 1980 he was placed under house arrest, initially briefly in Niamey and finally in Dogondoutchi. Like many other political prisoners, he was only released in 1987 after Seyni Kountché's death.

Noma Kaka died in Dogondoutchi in 1993, where he was also buried.

Honors

A primary school in Maradi was named after Noma Kaka in 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Finn Fuglestad : Les Hauka. Une interprétation historique . In: Cahiers d'Études africaines . Volume 15, No. 58 , 1975, pp. 203 ( persee.fr [accessed November 19, 2017]).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 429-431 .
  3. ↑ a b Zeinabou Gaoh: L'école quartier de Maradi baptisée école primaire "Noma Kaka" . In: Le Sahel . No. 7853 , January 6, 2010, p. 4 ( nigerdiaspora.net [PDF; accessed November 19, 2017]).
  4. ^ Klaas van Walraven: The Yearning for Relief. A History of the Sawaba Movement in Niger . Brill, Leiden 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-24574-7 , pp. 163 .
  5. ↑ Anciens sénateurs de la Communauté: Kaka Noma. Sénat, accessed November 19, 2017 (French).
  6. ↑ a b c Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 282-283 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaka, noma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Dogondoutchi
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1993
Place of death Dogondoutchi