MAMA KIOTA TEACHES WOMEN TO THINK NEW THOUGHTS
MEDFORD, MA: TUFTS UNIVERSITY
As July ended, I completed my 40-minute documentary about Saïda Oumul Khairy Niasse, the charismatic leader of a Sufi Muslim women’s movement with over 200,000 members in Niger. Her Jamiyat Nassirat Dine association has branches in 7 West African countries. It fosters education for women and girls, promotes poverty alleviation, and advocates peace and religious tolerance among Muslims and between Muslims and non- Muslims. For background on the movie project, and what I’m trying to achieve, visit these web postings:
2012: “Saida Oumul Khairy Niasse: Her Father’s Daughter,” Boston University, WARA Lecture series on Re-Thinking Islam in West Africa http://www.bu.edu/wara/2012/10/22/rethinking-Islam-niasse/
2013: “Mama Kiota of Niger: Feminism in a Rural African Form,” James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture, UCLA African Studies Center http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/article/132234
2015: Professor Robinson Debuts her Documentary at the American Cultural Center photo set:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/134770362@N03/sets/72157656934033228/
2015: ProfessorPearlRobinsonShinesaLightontheLeaderofaWomen’s Empowerment Movement in Niger http://as.tufts.edu/news/2015MamaKiota.htm
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