Aline Sitoé Diatta — the Resistance fighter of Casamance

29 mai 1944 · Cabrousse, Casamance

Aline Sitoé Diatta was a young Diola woman from the village of Cabrousse, in Casamance, southern Senegal. She guided her people and urged them to resist colonial forced labour. In 1943, the French authorities arrested her and deported her to Timbuktu, in Mali. She died there on 29 May 1944, aged about 24. She is today one of the most respected figures in Senegalese history.

Sources

• Persée — Christian Roche, « Chronique casamançaise, le cercle de Ziguinchor pendant la guerre 1939-1945 » (Outre-Mers, 1998)

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