Kalthouma Nguembang

Kalthouma Nguembang was a Chadian politician, born in the early 20th century.[1]

In 1964 she visited the United States with Bourkou Louise Kabo.[2]

She was arrested in 1973 for purportedly plotting against François Tombalbaye, the dictator of Chad.[3][4] At the time she was the president of the women's section of the party then in power, Parti Progressiste Tchadien.[4] In February 1975 she was sentenced to seven years in jail.[5] A new trial was being prepared for her when Tombalbaye's government was overthrown later in 1975.[6]

Also, Tombalbaye's authorities had decided Fatimé Dordji was an enemy of the state because she had named one of her children after Nguembang, though Dordji claimed she had named her child before Nguembang's arrest.[4] Dordji was detained, let go shortly before her daughter was born, then imprisoned for 21 months.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nguembang, Kaltouma. Oxford Reference. 2011. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001. ISBN 9780195382075.
  2. ↑ Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W E B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 250, 251–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  3. ↑ M. J. Azevedo (11 October 2005). The Roots of Violence: A History of War in Chad. Routledge. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-1-135-30080-7.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  5. ↑ "Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico · Page 27". Newspapers.com. 1975-04-14. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. ↑ Amnesty International annual report 1974/75
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