Nafissatou Niang Diallo (11 March 1941[1] – 1982) was a Senegalese writer who wrote in French.
She was active in social services both as a midwife and as director of a maternal and child health centre, and describes in her writing both traditional and modern aspects of Senegalese society.
[4][5][6] Born in Dakar, Senegal, she was brought up from infancy by her paternal grandmother after her mother's death.
[7] At the age of 23 she left Senegal to continue her studies in Toulouse for two years, after which she began writing.
Her autobiography De Tilène au Plateau, a Dakar childhood was published in 1975, after which she wrote three novels.