Racists Killed Her Son, So She Became “The Most Dangerous Woman In Africa”
Black History Year
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🗓️ 8 December 2022
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“Child murderer!" she screamed as they dragged her from the mayor’s office. Racist doctors had killed her son, and nothing had been done. But she had a plan for revenge – and was eventually called “the most dangerous woman in Africa!”
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| 0:00.0 | She screamed these words as they dragged her from the mayor's office. |
| 0:13.2 | Racist doctors had killed her son and nothing had been done. |
| 0:17.8 | But she had a plan for revenge and was eventually called the most dangerous woman in Africa. |
| 0:24.7 | This is two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in Skruel. |
| 0:35.5 | Andre Bluancin, Renee, was two years old when he contracted malaria. |
| 0:41.4 | When she took him to the hospital for treatment, doctors refused to treat him because he was |
| 0:46.6 | one-quarter black. |
| 0:48.8 | She raised hell, but still they refused. |
| 0:52.7 | Renee died soon after, and it changed everything. |
| 0:59.7 | Using her son's death as motivation to fight the system, she spent the next decade reinventing |
| 1:05.8 | herself. |
| 1:06.8 | And Bluancin eventually became the most dangerous woman in Africa. |
| 1:11.8 | Bluancin became a crucial advisor to leaders of newly independent nations across Africa. |
| 1:18.2 | Algeria Tegana. |
| 1:20.7 | She campaigned for the leader of one of the largest political parties in the Belgian Congo, |
| 1:26.8 | and worked to increase literacy and healthcare access for Congolese women. |
| 1:32.5 | A true Pan-Africanist, she was even Patrice Lemombo's co-conspirator for liberation. |
| 1:39.4 | Whites feared her power, so they had used her of being a communist and a witch. |
| 1:47.2 | In order to move towards the future, you've got to look to the past. |
| 1:52.5 | This has been Two Minute Black History, a podcast by Push Black. |
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| 2:02.6 | black history stories we all deserve to know. |
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