Nafissatou Niang Diallo

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Nafissatou Niang Diallo (1941-1982) is a Senegalese writer who wrote in French. After studying in Toulouse she began writing. Her 1975 autobiography De Tilène au Plateau, a Dakar childhood ISBN 2-7236-0099-8 was among the first works of literature to be published by a Senegalese woman. After this she published three novels. On a personal front she had six children and died at the age of 41.

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  • Le Fort maudit [The Strongly Cursed] Paris: Hatier, 1980. (125p.). Novel. ISBN 2-218-05329-2
  • Awa la petite marchande [Awa the little shopkeeper]. Paris: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, EDICEF, 1981. (143p.). Novel. ISBN 2-85069-272-7
  • La Princesse de Tiali [Princess Tiali]. Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1987. (191p.). Novel. ISBN 2-7236-0956-1

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