Khalié Brahim Djadarab or Khalié Madeleine (born c. 1940) is a Chadian political activist.

Life

Djadarab was born in the early 1940s in

Arada, Chad Arada () is a town and subprefecture in the department of Biltine in eastern Chad. History In early January 1987 during the Toyota War, Libyan forces bombed Arada, in retaliation for the Libyan defeat in the Battle of Fada. Because this violat ...

. She attended the town's first public school after it opened in 1953, and (though she later opposed the practice) underwent FGM. In 1954 her father was transferred to

Abéché Abéché (, ''Absha'') is a city in Chad and the capital of the Ouaddaï Region. It is one of the List of cities in Chad, largest cities in the country and has within it the remnants of the ancient capital, including palaces, mosques, and the tom ...

, where she finished he primary studies. She did not have the opportunity to attend secondary school. Aged seventeen or eighteen, her marriage was arranged to her former teacher Rakis Moll. Moll persuaded Djadarab to become a teacher. Though she felt she was not properly prepared, she set up a girls' school in Abéché. In 1966 she divorced her first husband and married the military officer

Félix Malloum Félix Malloum Ngakoutou Bey-Ndi ( '; 10 September 1932 – 12 June 2009), better known as Félix Malloum, was a Chadian military officer and politician who served as the second President of Chad from 1975 to 1978. A native of southern Chad, ...

. They lived together for three years, but he was increasingly away from home involved in military or political campaigns. In 1975 Malloum seized power in a coup, but the couple's marriage did not survive much longer. Malloum took custody of their son, and married again. Djadarab returned to teaching. After teachers' salaries dropped in the late 1970s, she earned a living by setting up a drinking establishment. She stayed in Chad after Malloum fled to Nigeria in 1979. After

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overthrew

Hissène Habré Hissène Habré (Arabic: ''Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī'', Chadian Arabic: ; ; 13 August 1942 – 24 August 2021), also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 5th president of Chad from 1982 unt ...

's regime in 1990, Djadarab entered politics as a member of the

Patriotic Salvation Movement The Patriotic Salvation Movement (, MPS; ) is the ruling political party in Chad. History After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his sup ...

(MPS). Initially a strong supporter of Deby, Djadarab recruited women to join the MPS, and became the leader of the MPS women's section in

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. However, she became disillusioned after seeing few women actually offered leadership positions in Chad.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Djadarab, Khalie Brahim 1940s births Year of birth uncertain Living people Chadian educators Women educators Chadian activists Chadian women activists 20th-century Chadian women politicians 20th-century Chadian politicians Patriotic Salvation Movement politicians