[2] By 1947 she was even more politically active and she was elected to be the President of the women's committee of her local party.

They were protesting at the arrest of men including Bernard Dadié, Mathieu Ekra, Jean Baptiste Mokey, Lama Kamara and her husband, René Séry Koré.

[3] Their way was blocked on 24 December and she encouraged her fellow protestors to advance on the police who were using hoses to keep people back.

[4] She became an important figure of this fight for independence including Anne-Marie Essy Raggi, Odette Ekra, and Lorougnon Zikaï.

She is a hero of the Ivory Coast and a banknote and stamp was issued featuring her portrait.