Maggy Delvaux-Mufu: The African Woman Who Set Herself on Fire
Update:
Comment from an informed reader: (thank you frederic):
Check your information before publishing them or relaying them. Because, this information about Maggy Devaux-Mufu Mpia goes back to 2004 and not 2007. This woman burned herself on October 5, 2004 in Luxembourg and she died on Saturday October 9,2004 in Metz in France. Take care
Omo Alagbede's Note: The news below is not recent, as was made to originally appear. The facts though remain correct.
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She set herself on fire.
To protest racism.
Maggy Delvaux-Mufu. 40-something year old mother of three. Belgian citizen (?) of Congolese Origin.
Omo Alagbede's Musings
Mama Africa. The "Mama" who doesn't act like one. The Mama who abandons her children to the cruelties of other mothers
All Belgian citizens are equal, but apparently, white ones are more equal than black ones.
Warning: The pics below are disturbing. So is racism.
Pictures (c) http://www.opamizik.com
From http://www.opamizik.com
The 42-year-old Belgian citizen and her husband had been facing financial difficulties. They had recently indebted themselves by buying a Citroën garage in Oberwampach, before realising they were missing the documents that would allow them to set up a business. Delvaux-Mufu wrote a letter to Le Jeudi recounting her story of bureaucratic difficulties and economic despair. “I’m against all forms of violence, but day after day, my family and I have to endure moral violence, discrimination, insults and much more from Mr Juncker’s administration”, she said in the letter published last week. Money problems had driven the woman to desperately plead her case at the Prime minister’s office early on the same day of the incident. Her threat to burn herself alive on Place des Martyrs after being turned away by the authorities caused government officials to contact the police. A city-wide search was organised, but nobody could foresee the woman would change her plans."
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7 comments:
Check your information before publishing them or relaying them.
Because, this information about Maggy Devaux-Mufu Mpia goes back to 2004 and not 2007. This woman burned herself on October 5, 2004 in Luxembourg and she died on Saturday October 9,2004 in Metz in France.
Take care
2oo4 or 2007 is really unimportant. The fact is that she is dead and racism is alive and well today. God bless her family and rest her soul!
Dear Lord... I have no words. So sad.
Thank you Frederic for the fact checking. The meaning does not change with that information, but it is important to have the facts, especially when this story is appearing all over the internet.
It would be nice to know if this had much of an effect on the Belgian people or if it was covered and forgotten. I hope some good came out of it.
I can't handle this story...
sad sad..what bugs me though is this: where was her husband when she lit the fire?
Plus: there was talk of their car sale business going bust
and of them going bankrupt
I remember when this story broke some years ago and at the risk of incurring some people's wrath I make brave to say this: sometimes we are too quick to shout racism when this is not the case. yes racism exists but in this case, I am not sure racism is to be blamed.
I guess this is like Daffy Duck said... "I regret I can only do this performance but once!"
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