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'''Cécile Fatiman''' ([[Kreyòl]]: ''Sesil Fatima'') was a [[mambo]] and leader of the [[vodou]] ceremonies at [[Bois Caïman]] on August 14, [[1791]]. She was led by the vodou spirit Ezili Danto. This event sparked the early stages of the Haitian Revolution and still resonates strongly among Haitians to this day. 

Fatiman a [[mulatto]],  was married to [[Louis Michel Pierrot]], one of the leaders of the victorious [[Battle of Vertières]], under the command of [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]].

Fatiman died in [[Le Cap]] at the age of 112.

Other participants at the Bois Caïman meeting were [[Dutty Boukman]], [[Georges Biassou]], [[Jeannot Bullet]] and [[Jean François Papillon]].

==See also==
* [[The Boukman Rebellion]]


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