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{{Short description|Senegalese author and schoolteacher (1932–2022)}}
'''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]].<ref>''[[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)</ref><ref name="LEPIT">[[Le Petit Journal (website)|Le Petit Journal]], ''Découvrir Saint-Louis du Sénégal avec Abdoul Hadir Aïdara'', by Gaëlle Picut (18 April 2019) [https://lepetitjournal.com/dakar/comprendre-senegal/decouvrir-saint-louis-du-senegal-avec-abdoul-hadir-aidara-255196] (retrieved 18 August 2020)</ref> Her writing revolved around her native [[Saint-Louis, Senegal]].<ref name="LEPIT"/> Siga died on 11 April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Décès de Fatou Niang Siga : réveil douloureux à Ndar |url=https://www.ndarinfo.com/Deces-de-Fatou-Niang-Siga-reveil-douloureux-a-Ndar_a33624.html |access-date=27 January 2024 |publisher=NDAR Info |date=11 April 2022}}</ref>

==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)<ref>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|James Currey Publishers]] (2002), p. 69, {{ISBN|9780852556474}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=sOOcdW4u9XYC&pg=PA69]</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{lang|fr|Reflets de modes et traditions saint-louisiennes}} [Reflections of the fashions and traditions of Saint-Louis]. Dakar: Khoudia, 1990. (141p.). Essay.

==External links==
*[http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/NiangSigaFatouEng.html UWA]

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[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Senegalese non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:People from Saint-Louis, Senegal]]
[[Category:Senegalese Muslims]]
[[Category:Senegalese women writers]]


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