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Comment: Given the reporting via the sources used, the 2004 article was important to her career but stating that it is what she is known for diminishes the work she has done since. The is not a reason to decline the article, but perhaps you will consider expanding it. JSFarman (talk) 18:27, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
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Affet Mosbah | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Relatives | Saadia Mosbah (sister) Slah Mosbah (brother) |
Affet Mosbah is a Tunisian writer known for her opinion piece "Être noire en Tunisie" ("Being Black in Tunisia"), published in Jeune Afrique on 12 July 2004. She is the president of Association M’nemty, a non-profit organization that advocates for sub-Saharan migrant communities in Tunisia .
Biography
[edit]Early life and background
[edit]Affet Mosbah belongs to a Tunisian family with a long history of involvement in the fight against anti-Black racism. Affet Mosbah is the sister of activist Saadia Mosbah and singer Slah Mosbah.[1][2]
Career and activism
[edit]Affet Mosbah has been involved in Black Tunisian mobilization. Affet Mosbah's opinion piece "Être noire en Tunisie", published by Jeune Afrique in 2004, has been described as a significant public intervention on anti-Black racism in Tunisia.[3][4][5]
The print issue of Jeune Afrique containing Affet Mosbah's opinion piece was censored under the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and the text only began circulating more widely after the 2011 Tunisian Revolution.[5][6]
Academic research and essays have described Affet Mosbah's article as one of the first texts to publicly break the taboo surrounding anti-Black racism in Tunisia during the 2000s.[3][7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fatima-Ezzahra Bendami (24 March 2021). "Black Tunisians breaking taboos". Africa Is a Country. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Shreya Parikh (19 June 2024). "Saadia Mosbah, Black Tunisian Activist, Arrested on 6 May 2024". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- 1 2 Houda Mzioudet (19 July 2023). "On Silence and (In-)visibility: Whither Black Tunisian Mobilization in Post-2011 Tunisia?". Arab Reform Initiative. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Être noire en Tunisie". Jeune Afrique (in French). 12 July 2004. ISSN 1950-1285. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Tunisia's pioneering black women: The fight for emancipation amidst racial backlash". Noria Research. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Fatima-Ezzahra Bendami (24 March 2021). "Les Tunisiens noirs défient les interdits". Africa Is a Country (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Haythem Guesmi (31 January 2017). "White masks in Tunisia". Africa Is a Country. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Rania Hadjer (27 April 2026). ""On veut nous faire disparaître" — la condamnation de Saâdia Mosbah en Tunisie ou l'acharnement contre une voix noire". Medfeminiswiya. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- "Affet". Protect Humanitarians. Retrieved 7 September 2026.