DRC / Ivory Coast: The strong words of Simone Gbagbo on her life as a wife, the experience of her divorce, the role of women in politics… – Connectionivoirienne.net – Connectionivoirienne.net

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Simone Ehivet Gbagbo from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

»I went through TRIALS which are very STRONG but I had the grace to be HEALED by GOD. When the DIVORCE problem arose, I had enough energy in me to also cope.

What we are told is: WIFE be submissive to your HUSBANDS. And I think I have done that in my life.

Maybe I didn’t quite do what he hoped for, you never know.

(…) They say that you have interfered in the work of your HUSBAND. That’s what FRANCE24, TV5 MONDE says. That’s not the truth.

I’m not saying my HUSBAND didn’t question me, which I thought was right to answer him, I was answering him.

(…) It is true that in the experience that I lived, I consider that there are INJUSTICES nevertheless that I HAD.

At the time of my ARREST, I was MUGGED as it was not allowed. My HUSBAND, on the contrary, they came, they protected him, he who was the head of state. Because I am a WOMAN. They BEAT me.

Because I didn’t stay at home to cook and take care of the CHILDREN.

When you want to SIT to watch it all, you can feel sorry for yourself and it can BREAK THE MORAL. I did all of this and what do I get out of it? I don’t even have the RECOGNITION of the one who shared my LIFE.

Is it worth it to CONTINUE this FIGHT? What happens to me and which drives me is my VISION for AFRICA (…) What I have done is things that I thought I was right to do. The FIGHTS I HAVE DID are the FIGHTS I thought was right to LEAD.

It is true that there are things that I will have to START AGAIN. But there are a lot of things that I have DONE.

I think that the WOMAN has things to contribute in POLITICS and in AFRICA, a WOMAN can become HEAD OF STATE. I remain convinced that a WOMAN must do POLITICS because if WOMEN do not make POLITICS, SOCIETY, she will BACKWARD.

(…) We must not allow ourselves to be INTIMIDATED or GUILT because we are not wrong to be POLITICAL.

MEN can be self-conscious because their WIFE has a PERSONALITY that they consider too STRONG a personality that CRUSHES them.

But if you WOMEN let yourself be STOPPED for this, you won’t get far. You have to know how to move forward WITHOUT CRUSHING the HUSBAND.

(…) We AFRICANS, we have THINGS to PROVE. For that, we must start now to CONQUER SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, KNOW-HOW.

My DREAM is this: To have AFRICAN PEOPLES with completely transformed minds who are able to make PROPOSALS to the WORLD.

We have a DUTY to TRANSFORM the MINDS OF AFRICANS. ”