Comoros: the Collective "Mawadja" Advocates for an Expanded Memory on the Actors of Independence

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In the Comoros, as the fifty years of independence approached, a collective called "Mawadja" (The Heroes of Independence) wants to rehabilitate the memory of the forgotten of history. In a press conference held this week in Mitsamiouli, they announced the objective of their approach: to remind that this independence is not the work of one man, but of a multitude of actors. If Ahmed Abdallah is recognized as "father" of independence, the collecti…