Mamia Chentouf (1922-2012) aiva muAlgeria mukoti, rusununguko activist uye muvambi wokutanga sangano revanhukadzi kodzero muAlgeria. Akurudzirwa nemhuri yake kuti awane dzidzo, akapinda paUniversity of Algiers uye akapedza kudzidziswa somuberekesi. Paaiva kuchikoro, akabatana neboka revaAlgeria raida kuzvimiririra, iro raida kusunungura nyika yacho pakutongwa neFrance. Achishandisa basa rake somuberekesi kushamwaridzana nevamwe vakadzi, akavabatanidza nokuda kworudzi ndokuvamba sangano rokutanga rorusununguko rwavakadzi munyika yacho. Sezvo ari mutezo weboka rinorwisana, akadzingwa, akasungwa ndokutizira kuTunis, Tunisia muna 1955. Achigara ikoko, aiva mumwe wevakatanga sangano reAlgeria Red Crescent Society. Pakupera kweHondo yeRusununguko
akava mutori wenhau, akadzokera kuAlgiers ndokudzidza sayenzi yezvematongerwe enyika. Akashanda semurongi weNational Union of Algerian Women uye akabudirira mukugadzira nzvimbo dzekuronga mhuri. Ashungurudzwa nokusakwanisa kuchinja mutemo wemhuri kuti urambidze barika, akarega zvematongerwe enyika muna 1969.