Fatou Niang Siga (1932 – 11 April 2022) was a Senegalese author and schoolteacher. She was a Mouride Muslim and has made the hajj to Mecca twice. She was married and had twelve children. Her daughter Maïmouna Sourang Ndir served as Senegal's ambassador to France.Le Quotidien (Senegal), DON – 1 240 ouvrages offerts aux cinq universités publiques du Sénégal : L’acte hautement social et civique de Fatou Niang Siga, by Gilles Arsène Tchedji (9 December 2016) (retrieved 18 August 2020)Le Petit Journal, Découvrir Saint-Louis du Sénégal avec Abdoul Hadir Aïdara, by Gaëlle Picut (18 April 2019) (retrieved 18 August 2020) Her writing revolved around her native Saint-Louis, Senegal. Siga died on 11 April 2022.
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,
References
Bibliography [Reflections of the fashions and traditions of Saint-Louis]. Dakar: Khoudia, 1990. (141p.). Essay.
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