Mame Younousse Dieng (1939 – 1 April 2016) was a Senegalese writer born in Tivaouane who lived in Dakar. Her novel Aawo bi is noteworthy as one of the first Senegalese novels in the Wolof language. She also wrote poetry and translated the national anthem into that language.[1]
Books
Aawo bi (The First Wife), 1992 - in Wolof
L'Ombre en feu (The Shadow on Fire), Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Sénégal (1997), ISBN 2-7236-1108-6 - in French
Further reading
Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge (2002), ISBN 0-415-23019-5 - p. 145
References
^"NECROLOGIE - DECES DE MAME YOUNOUSSE DIENG : Mort d'une pionnière". sen360.fr.
