Nafissatou Niang Diallo
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Nafissatou Niang Diallo was 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.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, 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.