Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

Algerian anticolonial leader

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (born Fatima Sayed Ahmed Oomazian) and also known as Lalla Fatma (c.1830 – c.1863) was an important person in Algeria who fought in a resistance movement when France was invading Algeria.

Lalla

Fatma N'Soumer
Faḍma n Sumer  (Kabyle)
Bornc. 1830
Werja, Abi Youcef
Diedc. 1863 (aged 32–33)
Tablat
Known forMaraboutic resistance fighter against the French conquest of Algeria
Chérif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma n'Soumer
Statue of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer in Algeria

Legacy

The movie Fatma N'Soumer (2014) is about her.[1]

There are many statues, schools and streets in Algeria named after her and many women like her.

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