Fatima Ousseni
Fatima Ousseni is a contemporary art collector, feminist, and first female lawyer in the overseas French territory of Mayotte.[1][2][3]
Biography
Fatima Ousseni is considered an inspiration for girls in the Mayotte, a country in which "girls are predestined to marry after two or three years of college". Second female lawyer from Mayotte, Kassurati Mattoir, indicated in an interview that Fatima Ousseni inspired her to pursue the law profession during a project that took place in her school "about the place of women in Mayotte". Kassurati Mattoir later received her JDM as a mentee in the office of Fatima Ousseni.[1][3]
Fatima Ousseni was a co-organizer of the Mayotte "Contemporary Arts 2016" exhibition.[4]
She is also the organising secretary of the Zangoma Association, which in 2015 organised the "Africa and Science" exhibition to showcase the scientific contributions of the African scientist Cheikh Anta Diop, whose work Fatima Ousseni described as the "first technological revolutions absolutely unknown".[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "FRANCE # Kassurati Mattoir, seconde avocate de Mayotte". Parlons des femmes noires. (in French). 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ "Invité Culture - Fatima Ousseni". RFI (in French). 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ a b "Le Journal De Mayotte". lejournaldemayotte.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ "Arts Contemporains Mayotte 2016 - mayotte 1ère". mayotte 1ère. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ "Arts contemporains à Mayotte et exposition " l' Afrique et les sciences " . - mayotte 1ère". mayotte 1ère. Retrieved 2017-11-22.