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Colette Samoya Kirura

Biography

Colette Samoya Kirura was born in 1952 in Nyakirwa. She obtained a degree in history and geography – very unusual for women in her country at that time. She has been very politically active, having been a member of parliament, ambassador to the United Nations and Secretary General of the Union of Burundian Women.

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Bibliography

2002 La femme au regard triste [The Woman with the Sad Look]
2014 Crises politiques et conflits éthniques au Burundi