Marie Koré

Marie Koré born Zogbo Céza Galo Marie (died 1953) was an Ivory Coast independence fighter. She was arrested while leading the Women's march on Grand-Bassam on 24 December 1949. She died young and she has appeared on her country's banknotes. One poll said that she was the most well known woman in the Ivory Coast.

Life She was born in 1912 or maybe 1910. She came from a village which is now part of a settlement named Gohra near the town of Gboguhé. She went to Basse-Côte, where she met and married a Frenchman but they were soon divorced because of her politics. She was given a two month sentence. She became an important figure of this fight for independence including Anne-Marie Essy Raggi, Odette Ekra, and Lorougnon Zikaï. In 2021 it was announced that a street in Belgium in a development named Nova City is to have a street named for Koré.