Fatou Niang Siga

Fatou Niang Siga (1932-2022) 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 has revolved around her native Saint-Louis, Senegal.[2]

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?,ISBN 9789976911794
  • Reflet de modes et traditions Saint-Louisiennes (Dakar, 1990)[3]

References
  1. '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)
  2. Le Petit Journal, Découvrir Saint-Louis du Sénégal avec Abdoul Hadir Aïdara, by Gaëlle Picut (18 April 2019) (retrieved 18 August 2020)
  3. 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", ISSN 1099-8098), James Currey Publishers (2002), p. 69, ISBN 9780852556474

Bibliography
  • Reflets de modes et traditions saint-louisiennes [Reflections of the fashions and traditions of Saint-Louis]. Dakar: Khoudia, 1990. (141p.). Essay.


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