Fatbintou Cissé Sano is the author of the children’s book “Youssouph”, a 35-year-old mother of three children aged 8, 5 and 1.5. She is a project coordinator, a painter. A classical educational path rather oriented towards the social. At the age of 18, she was president of the association “Lumière de la casamance” which helps the inhabitants of Casamance villages. At the age of 26, she set up the “Aniwaa” project to improve the learning conditions of the children of the Satadougou school, a project that did not succeed but which, according to her, remained a beautiful and rich experience. She continues to work alongside the youth of Senegal with the NGO “YesAkademia” which works for the prevention of youth in parallel with her passion for writing. Ze-Africanews went to meet him.
Between Fatbintou Sona Cissé and writing, it is a long and beautiful love story that is told. From a young age, she formalized this love when she joined the writing workshops of the national theatre of the hill in Paris where she remained for 6 years. The year 2016 was a consecration for her, she began writing her first book. A novel. She wants to tell the story of her friends who are going through horrible things. She wants to be a feather for them. The manuscript will not be completed because she is simultaneously writing a children’s book “Youssouph and the little snail”.
“Youssouph and the little snail”, is a book for children. The idea comes naturally to him since the story of this book is an anecdote lived with his son Youssouph in 2017. The book is self-published in 2021. It is quickly a victim of its success.
The painting comes to make a place in all this. Fatbintou Cissé Sano launches on a whim. At first it’s just a hobby during her second pregnancy and then she evolves into an entrepreneurial activity.
