Fatou Niang Siga (1932 – 11 April 2022) was a Senegalese author and schoolteacher. She was a
MourideMuslim 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.[1][2] Her writing revolved around her native
Saint-Louis, Senegal.[2] Siga died on 11 April 2022.[3]
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?,
ISBN9789976911794
Reflet de modes et traditions Saint-Louisiennes (Dakar, 1990)[4]
References
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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)
[1] (retrieved 18 August 2020)
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abLe Petit Journal, Découvrir Saint-Louis du Sénégal avec Abdoul Hadir Aïdara, by Gaëlle Picut (18 April 2019)
[2] (retrieved 18 August 2020)
^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",
ISSN1099-8098),
James Currey Publishers (2002), p. 69,
ISBN9780852556474[3]
Bibliography
Reflets de modes et traditions saint-louisiennes [Reflections of the fashions and traditions of Saint-Louis]. Dakar: Khoudia, 1990. (141p.). Essay.