Sidy Lamine Niasse (15 August 1950 – 4 December 2018) was a

Senegalese Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

lawyer, teacher, journalist, and religious guide. He was the founder and CEO of the Senegalese press group ''

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''.

Biography

Sidy Lamine Niasse was born on 15 August 1950 in Kaolack,

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. He began his career teaching Arabic from 1971 to 1975. After this first teaching experience, he studied Islamic law at

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. In the early 1980s, Niasse went back to Senegal and became focused on the revitalization of the

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in a place where

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reigned supreme. Niasse took to the press to try and accomplish his goals. In January 1984, he created ''WalFadjri'', a bi-monthly newspaper. Before long, the newspaper became daily. In 1997, he started an FM radio station (Walf Fm), TV channel (Walf Tv), and a website. Sidy Lamine Niasse died on 4 December 2018.

Essays

*''Le système islamique : dimensions et perspectives'' *''Sharifou ou la fin de l’obscurantisme'' (1999) *''Un arabisant entre presse et pouvoir'' *''Arguments pertinents en réponse à ceux qui interdisent aux hommes de saluer les femmes de la main'' *''Abdoulaye Wade, un président par défaut'' *''L'étranger parmi les siens'' (2016)

References

1950 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Senegalese lawyers Senegalese journalists People from Kaolack {{Senegal-bio-stub