Ndione was born 16 December 1946 in the village of Bargny, close to Dakar, the son of a shopkeeper.
The New African said of him, "It would be safe to bet that Abasse Ndione has seldom earned more than a pittance from any publisher.
It tells of a beautiful and wealthy Senegalese woman who, aged 50, discovers the pleasures of the flesh in the arms of a little thug 25 years younger, causing her life to unravel.
[6] Ramata was the basis for a 2007 feature-length film directed by Léandre-Alain Baker, starring the model Katoucha Niane in the title role.
[7] Ndione's last work, the novella Mbëke mi, describes the emigration of young Senegalese in pirogues trying to reach the Canary Islands and Europe.