Fatou Niang Siga Explained
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.[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?,
- Reflet de modes et traditions Saint-Louisiennes (Dakar, 1990)[4]
Bibliography
- French: Reflets de modes et traditions saint-louisiennes [Reflections of the fashions and traditions of Saint-Louis]. Dakar: Khoudia, 1990. (141p.). Essay.
External links
Notes and References
- '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) https://www.lequotidien.sn/don-1-240-ouvrages-offerts-aux-cinq-universites-publiques-du-senegal-lacte-hautement-social-et-civique-de-fatou-niang-siga/ (retrieved 18 August 2020)
- [Le Petit Journal (website)|Le Petit Journal]
- News: Décès de Fatou Niang Siga : réveil douloureux à Ndar . 27 January 2024 . NDAR Info . 11 April 2022.
- 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, https://books.google.com/books?id=sOOcdW4u9XYC&pg=PA69