Fatou Niang Siga (1932-2022) was a Senegalese author and schoolteacher. She was a
Mouride
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Muslim and has made the
hajj to
Mecca
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twice. She was married and had twelve children. Her daughter
Maïmouna Sourang Ndir served as Senegal's ambassador to
France
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.
[ Le Petit Journal, ''Découvrir Saint-Louis du Sénégal avec Abdoul Hadir Aïdara'', by Gaëlle Picut (18 April 2019]
(retrieved 18 August 2020)
Her writing has revolved around her native
Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Selection of works
The following are a selection of her works:
*''Saint-Louis du Sénégal et sa mythologie'', Midi/Occident (2006)
*''Costume saint-louisien sénégalais d'hier à aujourd'hui'' (2006)
*''Kija: chungu cha mwana mwari wa Giningi, Issues 1-3'', by Niang Fatou Niang Siga, Novati Rutenge, Shani Abdallah Kitogo, published by Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, 200?,
*''Reflet de modes et traditions Saint-Louisiennes'' (Dakar, 1990)
[Searing. James F., ''God Alone is King": Islam and Emancipation in Senegal : the Wolof Kingdoms of Kajoor and Bawol, 1859-1914'' ("Social history of Africa", ), James Currey Publishers (2002), p. 69]
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References
Bibliography
* eflections of the fashions and traditions of Saint-Louis Dakar: Khoudia, 1990. (141p.). Essay.
External links
UWA
1932 births
Living people
Senegalese non-fiction writers
People from Saint-Louis, Senegal
Senegalese Muslims
Senegalese women writers
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