Chatouilleuses
Sign in to saveThe Chatouilleuses (English: 'Ticklers'), nicknamed the sorodas wa Maore (English:Soldiers of Mayotte) were a group of Mahoran women who used tickle torture on Comorian political leaders in the 1960s and 1970s, in order to reduce the influence of the other islands in the Comorian archipelago on Mayotte, and to keep Mayotte within the French Republic.
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It is catalogued under topics including Culture of Mayotte, History of Mayotte and Politics of Mayotte.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- political organization
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Mayotte
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- 1966-00-00
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The Chatouilleuses (English: 'Ticklers'), nicknamed the sorodas wa Maore (English:Soldiers of Mayotte) were a group of Mahoran women who used tickle torture on Comorian political leaders in the 1960s and 1970s, in order to reduce the influence of the other islands in the Comorian archipelago on Mayotte, and to keep Mayotte within the French Republic.
==Actions== The Chatouilleuses took action where the Mouvement populaire mahorais could not. Under the leadership of Zéna M’Déré, hundreds of women organised into groups and targeted Comorian political leaders who were visiting Mayotte, subjecting them to attacks of tickling, thus forcing them to align with their political positions, or leave the island instead.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chatouilleuses” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.