Célestine Ouezzin Coulibaly

Makoukou Célestine Ouezzin Coulibaly-Traoré (an haife  Macoucou Traoré ; ta rasu a shekara ta 1997) shugaba ce mai adawa da mulkin mallaka a yammacin Afirka ta Faransa. Ta taimaka wajen kafa sashen mata na Rassemblement Democratique Africain a Côte d'Ivoire da Upper Volta, ta zama sakatare-janar a shekarar 1948. A shekara ta 1958, an naɗa ta ministar harkokin zamantakewa ta Upper Volta, mai yiwuwa ta zama mace ta farko da ta shiga majalisar ministoci a kowace gwamnatocin yammacin Afirka masu magana da harshen Faransanci. 

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An yi imanin an haifi Ouezzin Coulibaly a wani lokaci tsakanin shekarun 1910-1914 a yankin Banfora na Burkina Faso a yau, wanda a lokacin ake kira Upper Volta. An santa da haihuwa a matsayin Makoukou (ko Macoucou) Traoré,  ita 'yar Balla Traoré ce, wacce ita ce shugabar Canton Sindou. Iliminta ya kai ga digirin koyarwa.  A shekara ta 1930, ta auri Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, ta sami sunan Célestine a shekara ta 1931 sa’ad da ita da mijinta suka yi baftisma a matsayin ’yan Katolika na Roman Katolika. 

Ta taimaka wajen kafa sashen mata na Rassemblement Democratique Africain a Cote d'Ivoire da Upper Volta, ta zama babban sakatariya a shekarar 1948.   Ouezzin Coulibaly na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka jagoranci wasu mata kimanin 1,500 a wani tattaki zuwa gidan yari a Grand-Bassam a ranar 24 ga watan Disamban 1949, inda suka yi kira da a saki mazajensu waɗanda a matsayinsu na 'yan kungiyar PDCI-RDA ta 'yancin kai, hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Faransa suka ɗaure su ba tare da fuskantar shari'a ba. 

Tare da 'yan'uwan shugabannin Anne-Marie Raggi, Marguérite Sacoum, Odette Yacé da Marie Koré, ta saboda haka za a iya la'akari ɗaya daga cikin majagaba na 'yancin kai na Ivory Coast. 

A ranar 24 ga watan Oktoba 1958, Ouezzin Coulibaly aka naɗa Upper Volta Ministan Harkokin Jama'a, Gidaje da Aiki. Naɗin nata, wanda shi ne na farko ga wata mace a yammacin Afirka ta Faransa, ya zama kamar wani ci gaba mai ban sha'awa. Duk da haka, ba kamar juyin juya hali ba ne kamar yadda zai kasance kamar yadda ya faru makonni shida kacal bayan mutuwar mijinta, wanda ya kasance Shugaban Majalisar a Upper Volta. Ko da yake watakila mutuwarsa ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen naɗin nata, a matsayinta na ƙwararriyar malamar makaranta kuma ɗaya daga cikin mata masu ilimin boko a ƙasar, amma a gaskiya ta cancanci wannan matsayi. 

Bayan da ta bar muƙamin a shekarar 1959, duk da kasancewarta mace ta farko a majalisar dokokin ƙasar,  kasancewar ba ta samu muƙamin gwamnati ba bayan samun ‘yancin kai na Upper Volta a shekarar 1960 na iya zama koma baya ga rawar da mata ke takawa a siyasance.  Mai wakiltar Upper Volta, Ouezzin Coulibaly an zaɓe ta a majalisar dattijai ta Faransa a ranar 30 ga watan Afrilu 1959 inda ta zauna a kwamitin sufuri da sadarwa. Ta riƙe muƙamin har zuwa ranar 16 ga watan Maris 1961. 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1997