He was welcomed honorably at the Gare de Lyon and lodged for more than a month in a private hotel on the rue Fabert in Paris, where he became an important and sought after personality.

On 7 July 1889, Dinah Salifou appeared on the front page of the illustrated supplement Petit Parisien, together with his young wife Philis and the first of their children, Ibrahima.

He was betrayed and destroyed without the agreement of the Colonial government (but in accordance with the official orders of the French commandant Opigez) and deported to Saint-Louis, Senegal where he was given a residence.

Naïve on occasion, betrayed by the French, plotted against by his family, Salifou is now considered a hero in his country, thanks to Samory Touré or Alpha Yaya.

His son educated at the École des otages he was a lieutenant of the Troupes coloniales, and served in the 8th (later renumbered as the 58th) Regiment in the 156th Infantry Division (France).