Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

Algerian anticolonial leader

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1830

Place of Birth: Aïn El Hammam, Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1863

Profession: activist

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

  • Lalla Fadhma n'Soumer (Berber: Lalla Fa?ma n Sumer, ????? ????? ? ?????; c.1830 – c.
  • 1863) was an important figure of the Algerian resistance movement during the first years of the French colonial invasion of Algeria.
  • She was seen as the embodiment of the struggle.
  • Lalla, the female equivalent of the Berber word mass, is an honorific reserved for women of high rank, or who are venerated as saints.
  • From 1854 to July 1857, she assisted in leading a resistance against the French.
  • Once captured by French forces, she was imprisoned until her death six years later.
  • Her disciples would believe that she was gifted powers by God, including the abilities to see the future and cure illness.Her ashes were transferred in 1994 from the cemetery of Sidi Abdellah, 100 meters from the zawiya Boumâali in Tourtatine towards the Square of the Martyrs of El Alia Cemetery.

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